A young divorcee tries to convert a historic house into a hotel despite its oddball inhabitants and dead bodies in the cellar.
Acting
Karloff's goofy mad scientist vs. Lorre's weaselly doctor.
Production
Creaky mansion sets that breathe Poverty Row charm.
Director
Lew Landers
Boris Karloff
Prof. Nathaniel Billings
Peter Lorre
Dr. Arthur Lorentz
Maxie Rosenbloom
Maxie
Jeff Donnell
Winnie Slade
Larry Parks
Bill Layden
Maude Eburne
Amelia Jones
Don Beddoe
J. Gilbert Brampton
George McKay
Ebenezer
Eddie Laughton
Mr. Johnson
Frank Puglia
Silvio Baciagalupi
Frank Mitchell
Officer Fred
James C. Morton
Trooper Quincy
Frank Sully
Officer Joe Starrett
Patrick McVey
Munitions Plant Road Guard
Robert Emmett Keane
Alarm Clock Salesman
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Karloff and Lorre were both escaping typecasting here—Karloff fresh from Universal monsters, Lorre from Warner Bros. crime pics. Columbia tossed them in a blender.
That 'superman' serum plot? Barely veiled WWII anxiety about eugenics and battlefield enhancement, played for giggles because 1942 audiences were exhausted.
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Mr. Karloff had the most shocking eyes. They could be sweet and innocent one moment then get very scary, almost like he was crazy the next. Such a good actor. His eyes sent chills down my spine when I watched his movies as a kid.
@JeanetteParmantie-jq5xy 3
So happy to be able to upgrade these great flicks in HD ! Thank you Eureka !
@anthonymagnoni 6
Thanks by the information, I will put it in my wishlist for that month.
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