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The Black Cat
After a road accident in Hungary, the American honeymooners Joan and Peter and the enigmatic Dr. Werdegast find refuge in the house of the famed architect Hjalmar Poelzig, who shares a dark past with the doctor.
1934 · Directed by Edgar G. Ulmer · 65 min · Horror · Thriller · 10 frames
Tagline
Things you never said before nor even dreamed of!
Crew
- Screenplay: Peter Ruric, Tom Kilpatrick
- Cinematography: John J. Mescall
- Edited by: Ray Curtiss
- Produced by: Carl Laemmle Jr.
Cast
- Boris Karloff as Hjalmar Poelzig
- Bela Lugosi as Dr. Vitus Werdegast
- David Manners as Peter Alison
- Julie Bishop as Joan Alison
- Egon Brecher as The Majordomo
- Harry Cording as Thamal
- Lucille Lund as Karen
- Henry Armetta as The Sergeant
- Albert Conti as The Lieutenant
- John Carradine as Cult Organist
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: French, Hungarian, English, Latin
- Studios: Universal Pictures
- Budget: $95,745
- Box office: $236,000
- Themes: chess, prisoner of war, hungary, black and white, train, storm, psychiatrist, black cat, spiral staircase, high priest
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