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A Blind Bargain ()

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In return for money and medical aid for his invalid mother, struggling author Robert Sandell agrees to subject himself to experiments by Dr. Lamb, who claims he is trying to extend the human lifespan. Despite warnings from the doctor's... See more »
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Dr. Arthur Lamb / The Ape Man
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Robert Sandell
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Mrs. Sandell
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Mrs. Lamb
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Angela Marshall
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Bessie
Virginia Madison ...
Angela's Mother
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Beast Man (uncredited)
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Little Girl (uncredited)

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Wallace Worsley

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J.G. Hawks ... (scenario)
 
Barry Pain ... (story "The Octave of Claudius")

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Samuel Goldwyn ... producer

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Norbert Brodine

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Paul Bern

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Cedric Gibbons

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James Dugan ... assistant director

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In return for money and medical aid for his invalid mother, struggling author Robert Sandell agrees to subject himself to experiments by Dr. Lamb, who claims he is trying to extend the human lifespan. Despite warnings from the doctor's wife and a hunchbacked assistant, Robert allows himself to be strapped to an operating table, whereupon he learns the true nature of the surgeon's experiments: To prove the theory of evolution by devolving his human subjects into an approximation of their simian ancestors. However, before Dr. Lamb can proceed, the hunchback un-cages another victim, an ape-man, who crushes Dr. Lamb to death. Written by AFI

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Taglines Robert dearly loved Angela, but alas! Too soon they have to part, for shortly he must leave her to fulfill a blind bargain with a mad genius of surgery! See more »
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Also Known As
  • The Octave of Claudius (United States)
  • Rival des Dieux (France)
  • La obsesión de un sabio (Spain)
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Trivia This film is considered lost. See more »
Movie Connections Referenced in Man of a Thousand Faces (1957). See more »
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