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11/09/1936 Horror, Science Fiction 1h 6m
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Overview

Dr. Laurence, a once-respectable scientist, begins to research the origin of the mind and the soul. The science community rejects him, and he risks losing everything for which he has worked. He begins to use his discoveries to save his research and further his own causes, thereby becoming ... a mad scientist, almost unstoppable.

  1. Robert Stevenson

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Boris Karloff

    Dr. Laurence

  2. Anna Lee

    Dr. Clare Wyatt

  3. John Loder

    Dick Haslewood

  4. Frank Cellier

    Lord Haslewood

  5. Donald Calthrop

    Clayton

  6. Cecil Parker

    Dr. Gratton

  7. Lyn Harding

    Prof. Holloway

  8. Clive Morton

    Journalist

  9. D.J. Williams

    Landlord

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2022-06-19
Boris Karloff ("Dr. Laurience") is once again in well trodden guise as a scientist - long shunned by his peers for ideas none too ethical. He employs Anna Lee ("Dr. Wyatt") as his assistant, despite her being advised against it by colleagues and her rather wooden beau John Loder ("Dick Haslewood"), himself a budding reporter on a newspaper owned by his wealthy father "Lord Haslewood" (Frank Cellier). Karloff meets and manages to work his charms on the father, getting him to fund his fantastic scientific experiments aimed at mind transfer in return for exclusive publishing rights. Of course it ...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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