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Release Date:
10 May 1946 (USA)
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Sensational Secrets of Infamous Mad-house EXPOSED! (1946 one-sheet poster)
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Nell Bowen, the spirited protege of rich Lord Mortimer, becomes interested in the conditions of notorious St...
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1 nomination
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Cast
(Complete credited cast)| Boris Karloff | ... | Master George Sims | |
| Anna Lee | ... | Nell Bowen | |
| Billy House | ... | Lord Mortimer | |
| Richard Fraser | ... | Hannay | |
| Glen Vernon | ... | The Gilded Boy (as Glenn Vernon) | |
| Ian Wolfe | ... | Sidney Long | |
| Jason Robards Sr. | ... | Oliver Todd (as Jason Robards) | |
| Leyland Hodgson | ... | John Wilkes (as Leland Hodgson) | |
| Joan Newton | ... | Dorothea the Dove | |
| Elizabeth Russell | ... | Mistress Sims |
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Chamber of Horrors (USA) (working title)
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79 min
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Mono (RCA Sound System)
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Contrary to popular belief the film was never banned in the UK. However despite some TV showings it was never submitted to the BBFC until 1998 where it received an uncut video PG video certificate.
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Factual errors: Nell Bowen's bird is a Sulphur-Crested Cockatoo, native to Australia. As the movie is set in 1761, nine years before Captain Cook discovered Australia and 27 years before European settlement, it is impossible that Nell Bowen would have such a bird as a pet.
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Featured in Val Lewton: The Man in the Shadows (2007) (TV)
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This film is yet another outstanding example of Karloff during his time at RKO. I find this film to be eerie and genuinely disturbing, when one sees inside the mental institution. Although Karloff gives a fine performance, my own particular favourite here has to be Anna Lee as Nell, who appeared later as the nosy neighbour in "Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?" It is such a tragedy that so many similar films of the period have been lost due to decay of the archives. Luckily, this one has survived, and my advice is to see it if you get the chance.