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6.3/10   502 votes
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Director:
Writers:
Curt Siodmak (screenplay) &
Eric Taylor (screenplay)
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Release Date:
12 April 1940 (USA) more
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Tagline:
A Reign Of HORROR... a man-made monster on the loose!
Plot:
When his friend Professor Kingsely is at deaths door, brain surgeon Dr. Sovac saves his life by means... more | add synopsis
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Karloff and Lugosi NOT together more (30 total)

Cast

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Boris Karloff ... Dr. Ernest Sovac

Bela Lugosi ... Eric Marnay
Stanley Ridges ... Prof. George Kingsley / Red Cannon
Anne Nagel ... Sunny Rogers
Anne Gwynne ... Jean Sovac
Virginia Brissac ... Mrs. Margaret Kingsley
Edmund MacDonald ... Frank Miller
Paul Fix ... William Kane
Murray Alper ... Bellhop
Jack Mulhall ... Bartender
Joe King ... Police Chief
John Kelly ... Taxi Driver
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Friday the Thirteenth (USA) (working title)
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Runtime:
70 min
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Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Mirrophonic Recording)
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Fun Stuff

Trivia:
The only one of the eight films featuring Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi in which the two stars have no scenes together. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in The Opera Ghost: A Phantom Unmasked (2000) (V) more

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9 out of 9 people found the following review useful.
Karloff and Lugosi NOT together, 22 February 2001
8/10
Author: evilskip from Crossing the street heh heh

Okay when I sat down to watch this film the other night it was with dread.All I had ever heard was how this wasn't a horror movie and it was a cheat because Lugosi & Karloff didn't have any scenes together.

Guess what?It was a darn fine movie.This falls more into a gangster/mad scientist type of genre but is a lot of fun just the same. Stanley Ridges actually steals the movie with his performance as the teacher/gangster.Karloff is his usual wonderful self.Lugosi does a great job in the allegedly thankless role of Varney the gangster.

Rather than go into the details of this little gem why don't you see if you can find a copy of it and watch it.

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