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Director:
Michael Curtiz
Writers:
Robert Adams (writer)
Ewart Adamson (screenplay)
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Release Date:
14 March 1936 (USA) more
Genre:
Crime | Horror | Sci-Fi more
Tagline:
BACK FROM THE DEAD! (original print ad - all caps) more
Plot:
A gang of racketeers frames down-on-his-luck John Elman for murder. After a trial finds him guilty, evidence is brought forth proving his innocence... more | add synopsis
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Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Boris Karloff ... John Ellman
Ricardo Cortez ... Nolan
Edmund Gwenn ... Dr. Evan Beaumont
Marguerite Churchill ... Nancy
Warren Hull ... Jimmy
Barton MacLane ... Loder
Henry O'Neill ... District Attorney Werner
Joe King ... Judge Roger Shaw (as Joseph King)
Addison Richards ... Prison Warden
Paul Harvey ... Blackstone
Robert Strange ... Merritt
Joe Sawyer ... 'Trigger' Smith (as Joseph Sawyer)
Eddie Acuff ... Betcha
Kenneth Harlan ... Martin
Miki Morita ... Sako - Loder's Butler
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Additional Details

Runtime:
66 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono | Vitaphone
Certification:
Finland:(Banned) (1936) | USA:Approved (PCA #1812)

Fun Stuff

Quotes:
[looking up to Heaven, while being led to the electric chair]
John Ellman: *He'll* believe me.
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Movie Connections:
Spoofed in Young Frankenstein (1974) more

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15 out of 15 people found the following comment useful:-
King Karloff, 23 October 2000
Author: ErasmicLather from London



Eerie, creepy, beautifully shot oddity, the kind of stuff they just wouldn't know how to make any more (not that they would want to). Karloff gives a fine performance as the gaunt, haunted patsy in a murder rap. Stand-out scene is definitely the fantastic build up to Karloff's undeserved execution, as sad cello music plays and prison guards banter about baseball while a man's life hangs in the balance. The ideas dry up a bit as King Karloff haunts his killers, but his sinister solemnity captivates the interest, and it's all crammed into little more than an hour.

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