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Cast
| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Onslow Stevens | ... | Dr. John Kendrick | |
| George P. Breakston | ... | Danny Kendrick (as George Breakston) | |
| Lois Wilson | ... | Dr. Louise Stone | |
| Valerie Hobson | ... | Mrs. Kendrick | |
| Stanley Fields | ... | Dog Catcher | |
| Frank Reicher | ... | Dr. James | |
| Richard Carle | ... | A.K. Arnold | |
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Dean Benton | ... | Intern |
| Lois January | ... | Nurse | |
| Richard Quine | ... | Mickey | |
| Maidel Turner | ... | Mrs. Vandergriff | |
| George MacQuarrie | ... | Judge | |
| Otis Harlan | ... | Dr. Henderson | |
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Robert E. Cornish | ... | Himself |
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Mario Margutti | ... | Cornish's Assistant |
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Idealistic doctoral graduates Bob (Dr. Robert E. Cornish), Louise and John plan their futures in pursuit of a formula to restore life to the dead. Bob and Louise wish to remain independent and pursue medical research free of corporate ties. John tries in vain to convince them that by joining him to work at Arnold Research Laboratories they could achieve more research in a year than they could in five as an independent research team. John leaves his friends for corporate pharmacology only to find the pace of his research is not progressing fast enough nor seems practical enough to suit Mr. Arnold. The final blow comes when he is told to turn his attention to creating a treated pig bristle brush to restore hair and prop up his bosses investments in pig processing. Disillusioned Dr. John Kendrick faces public ridicule as he promotes his theory to his peers and falls into a deep depression that costs him his private medical practice. Five years later the sudden passing of his wife, drives... Written by G. E. Sutton
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dog | doctor | medical research | reanimation | animal experimentation |Taglines:
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
2 January 1935 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
L'incredibile realtà See more »Company Credits
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Black and WhiteAspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1
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The author, Eugene Frenke (husband of actress Anna Sten), sued Universal for $145,424 claiming that the studio failed to release the picture through normal channels. See more »Frequently Asked Questions
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Arguably one of the most baffling movies ever, and probably THE single worst thing Universal Studios was ever involved with during their golden "horror cycle". LIFE RETURNS is a rare curio which features Onslow Stevens (Dr. Edelmann from HOUSE OF Dracula), Valerie Hobson (BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN) and even Frank Reicher (KING KONG). In the excellent MacFarland book UNIVERSAL HORRORS I had read that this was one of those obscure films that fans love to try and locate, only to be bitterly disappointed once they track it down. I remember a quote which concluded that "LIFE RETURNS deserves its ongoing obscurity", or something. Well....the risk is yours! So what is this, then? One guess is that it's possibly a story about a doctor (Stevens) trying to develop a formula for bringing dead people back to life, though it's certainly not a horror film. This also echoes the vibe of an "Our Gang" two-reeler minus the comedy: the doc has a young son who becomes involved with a gang of kids and has a pet dog which ultimately becomes a participant in dad's experiment. Footage in here was taken straight from an actual medical procedure trying to revive a dog, spliced in to make it appear part of the movie! * out of ****