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Director:
Writers:
Harvey Gates (adaptation)
Harvey Gates (screenplay)
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Release Date:
6 March 1942 (USA) more
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Tagline:
His WEIRDEST Role! more
Plot:
A cabal of American industrialists, all fifth-columnists intent on sabotaging the war effort, are methodically... more | add synopsis
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A fun mess for 2 A.M. more (28 total)

Cast

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Bela Lugosi ... Dr. Melcher / Monsieur Colomb
Joan Barclay ... Alice Saunders
George Pembroke ... Dr. William Saunders

Clayton Moore ... FBI Agent Richard 'Dick' Martin
Robert Frazer ... Amos Hanlin
Edward Peil Sr. ... Ryder (as Edward Piel Sr.)
Robert Fiske ... Phillip Wallace
Irving Mitchell ... John Van Dyke
Kenneth Harlan ... FBI Chief Colton
Max Hoffman Jr. ... Kearney
Frank Melton ... FBI agent
Joseph Eggenton ... Stevens, the butler

I. Stanford Jolley ... The Dragon (as Stanford Jolley)
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Yellow Menace (USA) (working title)
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Runtime:
64 min
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Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
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Certification:
USA:Approved (PCA #3105)

Fun Stuff

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This is Bela Lugosi's only spy movie. At the time, he was addicted to morphine and suffering from very bad arthritis, and had to work to keep the money rolling in. more
Quotes:
Alice Saunders: You sound like a man of destiny.
Monsieur Colomb: One must not flirt with one's destiny.
Alice Saunders: But the world in the condition it is today, aren't we all flirting with destiny?
Monsieur Colomb: I suppose I finish my book upstairs.
Alice Saunders: Oh no, please, I didn't mean to disturb you. Excuse me.
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Featured in Lugosi: Hollywood's Dracula (1997) more

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8 out of 10 people found the following comment useful.
A fun mess for 2 A.M., 4 July 2004
7/10
Author: dbborroughs from Glen Cove, New York

The plot of this movie concerns Bela Lugosi killing off rich powerful Americans. Why this is occurring isn't explained until the very end and even then it makes no sense. I have the feeling this was one type of thriller that they grafted a war angle on to when Pearl Harbor was attacked.

Is this a good movie? Not in the conventional sense. Its a warm and fuzzy film with some murder and Bela and feels like the all night monster movie marathons that used to play on TV. I've seen this film several times now, usually late at night, and it some how comforts me. I don't know if its a childhood thing or what but its nice to know that somethings never change, like the (not quite) bad Bela movies of old.

Should you see it? Why not, it can't hurt. Its a movie that makes no sense and just sort of is. Just remember if you so watch it make sure you're tucked into bed and the lights are off...

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