Top billed cast

1. 

   Sidney Fox

   Mlle. Camille L'Espanaye

2. 

   Bela Lugosi

   Dr. Mirakle

3. 

   Leon Ames

   Pierre Dupin

4. 

   Bert Roach

   Paul

5. 

   Betty Ross Clarke

   Mme. L'Espanaye

6. 

   Brandon Hurst

   Prefect of Police

7. 

   D'Arcy Corrigan

   Morgue Keeper

8. 

   Noble Johnson

   Janos The Black One

9. 

   Arlene Francis

   Woman of the Streets

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on 2024-12-28

Bela Lugosi is at his most rigid best in this eerily spooky adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe's story. It's 1800s Paris and amidst the fog and the cobblestones streets, young women are being kidnapped and disappearing without trace. What's this to do with "Mirakle" (Lugosi)? Well we quite quickly discover that he is working on a Darwin-esque plan to prove the relationship between human beings and apes. To prove his theories, he is using the blood from his more hirsute helpers to contaminate his guinea pigs, but as yet to no avail. When he alights on the young "Camille" (Sidney Fox) her boyfriend, ...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

Keywords

• paris, france
• circus
• black and white
• ape
• pre-code
• genetic engineering
• murder mystery
• 19th century
• racist stereotype
• native