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8 July 1935 (USA) moreTagline:
While this mad surgical genius chanted "The Raven," horrible screams rose up from his torture chamber below!Plot:
A wealthy judge coaxes the brilliant but eccentric neurological surgeon Dr. Vollin (Lugosi), who also has an obsessive penchant for Edgar Allen Poe... more | add synopsisNewsDesk:
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(Complete credited cast) | Boris Karloff | ... | Edmond Bateman (as Karloff) |
 | Bela Lugosi | ... | Dr. Richard Vollin |
 | Lester Matthews | ... | Dr. Jerry Halden (Credits) / Dr. Jerry Holden |
| Irene Ware | ... | Jean Thatcher |
| Samuel S. Hinds | ... | Judge Thatcher |
| Spencer Charters | ... | Geoffrey (Credits) / Col. Bertram Grant |
| Inez Courtney | ... | Mary Burns |
| Ian Wolfe | ... | Col. Bertram Grant (Credits) / Geoffrey 'Pinky' |
| Maidel Turner | ... | Colonel's obese wife |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Anne Darling | ... | Autograph hound (scenes deleted) |
| June Gittelson | ... | Autograph hound (scenes deleted) |
| Joe Haworth | ... | Drug clerk (scenes deleted) |
| Mary Wallace | ... | Autograph hound (scenes deleted) |
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Mono (Western Electric Noiseless Recording)Fun Stuff
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Continuity: Bateman has turned away from Vollin when Vollin shoots him. But he clutches his chest and falls. moreQuotes:
Dr. Richard Vollin: Your monstrous ugliness breeds monstrous hatred. Good! I can use your hate. moreFAQ
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This movie is not actually based on Edgar Allen Poe's famous poem, but there is a Poe connection. Bela Lugosi plays Dr. Richard Vollin, who has a number of torture devices based on things from Poe's stories, including a pendulum. When hired to make an injured woman pretty again, Vollin agrees, but envisions her as his bride. Hoping to make this a reality, Vollin takes homely Bateman (Boris Karloff) and makes him very ugly so as to blackmail him into carrying out evil deeds.
"The Raven" is mostly pretty pedestrian. The horror mainly comes from Lugosi's demeanor and Karloff's looks (I guess that those were always what really made their movies intense, if at all succeeding there). But it's neat just to see Lugosi and Karloff in a movie together.