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Writers:
Dorothy Howell (continuity)
Jo Swerling (adaptation)
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Release Date:
25 February 1932 (USA) more
Genre:
Horror | Mystery more
Tagline:
A Slinking Fiend - Skulking Terror - Mad Murder!
Plot:
Jack Holt plays a federal agent who goes undercover to infiltrate a drug smuggling operation headed by a mysterious Mr... more | add synopsis
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ANOTHER HORROR PICTURE? more

Cast

  (Credited cast)
Jack Holt ... Jack Hart aka Quinn
Constance Cummings ... Julie Arnold

Boris Karloff ... Jim Henderson
Claude King ... Arnold
Bertha Mann ... Nurse Edwards
Edward Van Sloan ... Dr. August Steiner / Dr. Alec Munsell / Mr. X
Willard Robertson ... Capt. E.J. Hawkes
Thomas E. Jackson ... Agent Burke
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Secret Service (USA) (working title)
The Man Who Dared
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Runtime:
68 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Recording)

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Archive footage from The Criminal Code (1931) is used to enhance the prison scenes in the opening sequence. more
Quotes:
Mr. X: The pain whilst I am cutting through the outer layers of skin will not be unendurable. It is only when I commence to carve on your vital organs that you will know you are having... an experience. more

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3 out of 4 people found the following comment useful:-
ANOTHER HORROR PICTURE?, 18 December 2002
Author: whpratt1 from United States

This film was made during the same period as "The Criminal Code" by the same studio. It also used some of the same sets and film footage. During this period,"Frankenstein" was released and Columbia decided to play up Karloff's name and the picture's horror aspects in the advertising. But technically, it is not a horror film. It is exploited as another horror picture, this doesn't horrify sufficiently to class with preceding baby-scarers. The scare stuff seems tossed in regardless of where it fits, but it gets results because KARLOFF's threatening pan makes him a natural for his part.

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