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10 October 1936 (USA) moreTagline:
Thrills and chills and shivering shocks as a crazed scientist terrorizes the underworld! moreUser Comments:
Another Sleep Inducer moreCast
(Credited cast) | Bela Lugosi | ... | Victor Poten |
 | Bruce Bennett | ... | Martin Andrews (as Herman Brix) |
| Joan Barclay | ... | Joan Whiting |
| Luana Walters | ... | Sonya Rokoff, aka The Dragon Lady |
| Maurice Liu | ... | Willy Fu |
| Charles King | ... | Henchman Grogan |
| William Buchanan | ... | Henchman Healy |
| Forrest Taylor | ... | Police Capt. Walters |
| Jack Cowell | ... | White Chinaman |
| James B. Leong | ... | Wong |
| Henry T. Tung | ... | Dr. Wu |
| Paul Fung | ... | Tom Chu [Ch. 2] |
| George Chan | ... | Old Luce |
| Moy Ming | ... | Wong's Brother [Chs. 10-11] |
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300 min (15 chapters)Country:
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Crew or equipment visible: At the end of chapter 14 (repeated at the beginning of 15) you can clearly hear the director cuing Luana Walters to begin running. moreFAQ
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As I often say, I enjoy watching the master, Lugosi, in just about anything. The problem with this is he doesn't have much to do. In order to create a serial, it's necessary for the bad guy to continue to goof up, leaving his adversaries alive to continue the pursuit. The episodes are an endless trapezing of zombie like lackeys and air headed reporters. There's enough sexism to go around for a long time. The conclusion will make some gag. Chinatown businesses are the target of Lugosi who is "Eurasian" and very angry about something, I guess being Eurasian. He tries to destroy the town just for spite. It's an endless parade of pratfalls and silly hypnotism. The one young Asian woman is very beautiful. She is the honorable one in the film, but has been used by Lugosi and he has a hypnotic control over her. It all comes out in the wash, as if we cared.