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In 19th century Paris, a maniac abducts young women and injects them with ape blood in an attempt to prove ape-human kinship but constantly meets failure as the abducted women die.
Keywords
paris, france
circus
black and white
ape
pre-code
genetic engineering
murder mystery
19th century
racist stereotype
native
Casts

Sidney Fox
Mlle. Camille L'Espanaye

Bela Lugosi
Dr. Mirakle

Leon Ames
Pierre Dupin

Bert Roach
Paul

Betty Ross Clarke
Mme. L'Espanaye

Brandon Hurst
Prefect of Police

D'Arcy Corrigan
Morgue Keeper

Noble Johnson
Janos The Black One

Arlene Francis
Woman of the Streets

Ted Billings
Sideshow Spectator (uncredited)

Herman Bing
Franz Odenheimer (uncredited)

Joe Bonomo
Gorilla (uncredited)
Agostino Borgato
Alberto Montani (uncredited)

Iron Eyes Cody
Indian at Sideshow (uncredited)

Christian J. Frank
Gendarme Using Snuff (uncredited)

Charles Gemora
Erik, the Gorilla (uncredited)
Harrison Greene
Sideshow Barker (uncredited)

Charlotte Henry
Blonde Girl in Sideshow Audience (uncredited)

Harry Holman
Victor Albert Adolph Jules Hugo Louis Dupont (uncredited)

Edna Marion
Mignette (uncredited)

Torben Meyer
The Dane (uncredited)
Charles Millsfield
Bearded Man at Sideshow (uncredited)

Monte Montague
Workman / Gendarme (uncredited)

John T. Murray
Gendarme (uncredited)

Tempe Pigott
Crone (uncredited)

Dorothy Vernon
Tenant (uncredited)

Michael Visaroff
Mirakle's Sideshow Barker (uncredited)

Polly Ann Young
Girl (uncredited)
Crews

Robert Florey
Director

Robert Florey
Adaptation

John Huston
Additional Dialogue
Tom Reed
Screenplay
Dale Van Every
Screenplay
Howard Salemson
Technical Advisor
Heinz Roemheld
Music
Richard Schayer
Scenario Writer
Ethel M. Kelly
Writer

Carl Laemmle
Presenter
C. Roy Hunter
Recording Supervision

Joe Bonomo
Stunt Double
Maurice Pivar
Supervising Editor
Gilbert Kurland
Music Supervisor

Edgar Allan Poe
Short Story
Charles D. Hall
Art Direction
Herman Rosse
Set Designer

Jack Pierce
Makeup Artist
John P. Fulton
Special Effects

Karl Freund
Director of Photography
Charles S. Gould
Assistant Director
Joseph A. McDonough
Assistant Director
Scott R. Beal
Assistant Director
E.M. Asher
Associate Producer

Carl Laemmle Jr.
Producer
Milton Carruth
Editor
Backdrops & Posters



