Movie
The Black Cat
Overview
After a road accident in Hungary, the American honeymooners Joan and Peter and the enigmatic Dr. Werdegast find refuge in the house of the famed architect Hjalmar Poelzig, who shares a dark past with the doctor.
Details
- Release date
- 1934-05-07
- Runtime
- 65 min
- Genres
- Horror, Thriller
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Universal Pictures
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Boris Karloff as Hjalmar Poelzig
- Bela Lugosi as Dr. Vitus Werdegast
- David Manners as Peter Alison
- Julie Bishop as Joan Alison
- Egon Brecher as The Majordomo
- Harry Cording as Thamal
- Lucille Lund as Karen
- Henry Armetta as The Sergeant
- Albert Conti as The Lieutenant
- John Carradine as Cult Organist
- John George as Cultist (uncredited)
- Albert Pollet as Waiter (uncredited)
Crew
- Edgar G. Ulmer - Director
- Peter Ruric - Screenplay
- Tom Kilpatrick - Screenplay
- Peter Ruric - Story
- Edgar G. Ulmer - Story
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