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An insane surgeon's obsession with an actress leads him to replace her wounded pianist husband's hands with the hands of a knife murderer--hands which still have the urge to throw knives.
Keywords
based on novel or book
obsession
surgeon
guillotine
mad doctor
murderer
execution
pianist
knife throwing
grand guignol
wax figure
in love with someone's woman
double amputee
Casts
Peter Lorre
Doctor Gogol
Frances Drake
Yvonne Orlac
Colin Clive
Stephen Orlac
Ted Healy
Reagan
Isabel Jewell
Marianne (scenes deleted)
Sara Haden
Marie
Edward Brophy
Rollo
Henry Kolker
Prefect Rosset
Keye Luke
Dr. Wong
May Beatty
Françoise
Ian Wolfe
Henry Orlac, Stephen Orlac's Stepfather (Uncredited)
Edward Lippy
Pierre, Henry Orlac's Clerk (Uncredited)
Frank Darien
Lavin, Waxwork Proprietor (Uncredited)
Murray Kinnell
Charles, Theatre Official (Uncredited)
Rollo Lloyd
Varsac, Fingerprint Expert (Uncredited)
Charles Trowbridge
Dr. Marbeau (Uncredited)
Nell Craig
Suzanne (Uncredited)
Robert Emmett Keane
Raoul (Uncredited)
Agostino Borgato
Stage Doorman (Uncredited)
Billy Gilbert
Autograph Seeker on Train (Uncredited)
Hooper Atchley
Train Conductor (Uncredited)
Maurice Brierre
Taxi Driver (Uncredited)
Julie Carter
Nurse (Uncredited)
Harvey Clark
Station Master (Uncredited)
Michael Mark
Execution Official (Uncredited)
Alphonse Ethier
Assistant Prefect (Uncredited)
Matty Roubert
Newsboy (Uncredited)
Otto Hoffman
Blind Man (Uncredited)
Cora Sue Collins
Crippled Girl (Uncredited)
Sarah Padden
Crippled Girl's Mother (Uncredited)
Mike Cantwell
Man (Uncredited)
Bernard Siegel
Man (Uncredited)
Kay English
Woman (Uncredited)
Edward Norris
Man Outside Theatre of Horror (Uncredited)
Mary Jo Mathews
Woman Outside Theatre of Horror (Uncredited)
Russ Powell
Gendarme (Uncredited)
Rolfe Sedan
Gendarme (Uncredited)
Sam Ash
Detective Arresting Stephen (Uncredited)
Roger Gray
Detective Arresting Stephen (Uncredited)
Christian J. Frank
Detective Escorting Rollo on Train (Uncredited)
Robert Graves
Detective Escorting Rollo on Train (Uncredited)
Earl Pingree
Detective Interviewing Henry Orlac's Clerk (Uncredited)
Theodore Lorch
Actor at Party (Uncredited)
Carl Stockdale
Actor as 'The Rotary' (Uncredited)
Ramsay Hill
Actor as 'Duke' (Uncredited)
Marc Loebell
Actor as 'Prince' (Uncredited)
Jacques Vanaire
Police Broadcaster (Uncredited)
Monte Vandergrift
Audience Member (Uncredited)
Clarence Wilson
Piano Creditor (Uncredited)
Crews
John L. Balderston
Screenplay
Karl Freund
Director
Maurice Renard
Novel
P.J. Wolfson
Screenplay
Florence Crewe-Jones
Adaptation
David Snell
Original Music Composer
Gregg Toland
Director of Photography
Chester A. Lyons
Director of Photography
Norbert A. Myles
Makeup Artist
Dolph Zimmer
Assistant Director
Dolly Tree
Costume Design
Hugh Wynn
Editor
John W. Considine Jr.
Producer
Dimitri Tiomkin
Original Music Composer
Cedric Gibbons
Art Direction
Douglas Shearer
Sound Director
Leonid Raab
Orchestrator
Jack Virgil
Orchestrator
William A. Horning
Art Direction
Charles Maxwell
Orchestrator
Paul Marquardt
Orchestrator
Edwin B. Willis
Art Direction
R. H. Bassett
Original Music Composer
Oscar Radin
Music Director
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