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Director:
Joseph H. Lewis
Writer:
Al Martin (original screenplay)
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Release Date:
27 February 1942 (USA) more
Genre:
Horror | Sci-Fi | Drama more
Plot:
A mad scientist is forced to leave San Francisco when his experiments become known. He lands on a tropical island... more | add synopsis
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Cast

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Una Merkel ... Aunt Margaret Wentworth
Lionel Atwill ... Dr. Ralph Benson, posing as Graham
Nat Pendleton ... Red Hogan
Claire Dodd ... Patricia Wentworth
Anne Nagel ... Mrs. William Saunders
Hardie Albright ... William Saunders
Richard Davies ... Jim
John Eldredge ... Dwight, Ship's Officer

Mala ... Barab (as Ray Mala)
Noble Johnson ... Native Chief Elan
Rosina Galli ... Tanaa, Chief's Wife

Al Kikume ... Kalo
Milton Kibbee ... Hadley
Byron Shores ... Crandall, murdered detective
Tani Marsh ... Tahitian Dancer
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Additional Details

Runtime:
61 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Mirrophonic Recording)
Certification:
USA:Approved (PCA #7226) | Sweden:15

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Lionel Atwill, Mad Doctor at large, 27 September 2004
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Author: the_mysteriousx from LI, NY

This very minor Universal horror film from 1942 is significant for it was the last time Lionel Atwill received a starring role in a film. He was on the outs after this due to the sex scandal that ruined his career and health. He played only minor roles after this and died 4 years later of cancer.

The film is very easy to be hard on and Universal has obviously regarded it so low, that it has never made it to video, despite the millions they still make off their classic horror films. What kills the film is a lack of mood or suspense. It is super-pedestrianly directed by Joseph H. Lewis.

What makes the film are the change-of-pace settings including a doomed cruise ship and an exotic island. The actors are all excellent too, even if Nat Pendelton and Una Merkel get a little tired with their comic relief act.

Ultimately, Atwill rules and is as menacing and sinister as ever. He revives a dead native and is revered as a god by the island tribe. He very selfishly dictates how the other ship survivors will live as only Atwill so slimily could (Sounds like a reality show plot). The other standout is Noble Johnson as the village leader. He is given more dialogue than he ever had in his many previous horror films and he ultimately gives Atwill a run for his money. It was nice to see him in a larger role.

Don't expect too much - this is a B film. Atwill fans will delight in seeing his last great lead performance. Atwill may have never had a definitive mad doctor film, but I've always regarded him as the maddest doctor of them all.

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