"A new, a strange, a gifted personality comes to the screen!"

1935

1h 8m

7.0(121 votes)

Horror

Romance

Overview

An insane surgeon's obsession with an actress leads him to replace her wounded pianist husband's hands with those of a knife-throwing murderer.

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Cast & Crew

49 members

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Peter Lorre

Doctor Gogol

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Frances Drake

Yvonne Orlac

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Colin Clive

Stephen Orlac

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Ted Healy

Reagan

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Isabel Jewell

Marianne (scenes deleted)

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Sara Haden

Marie

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Edward Brophy

Rollo

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Henry Kolker

Prefect Rosset

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Keye Luke

Dr. Wong

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May Beatty

Françoise

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Ian Wolfe

Henry Orlac, Stephen Orlac's Stepfather (Uncredited)

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Edward Lippy

Pierre, Henry Orlac's Clerk (Uncredited)

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Frank Darien

Lavin, Waxwork Proprietor (Uncredited)

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Murray Kinnell

Charles, Theatre Official (Uncredited)

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Rollo Lloyd

Varsac, Fingerprint Expert (Uncredited)

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Charles Trowbridge

Dr. Marbeau (Uncredited)

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Nell Craig

Suzanne (Uncredited)

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Robert Emmett Keane

Raoul (Uncredited)

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Agostino Borgato

Stage Doorman (Uncredited)

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Billy Gilbert

Autograph Seeker on Train (Uncredited)

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Hooper Atchley

Train Conductor (Uncredited)

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Maurice Brierre

Taxi Driver (Uncredited)

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Julie Carter

Nurse (Uncredited)

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Harvey Clark

Station Master (Uncredited)

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Michael Mark

Execution Official (Uncredited)

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Alphonse Ethier

Assistant Prefect (Uncredited)

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Matty Roubert

Newsboy (Uncredited)

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Otto Hoffman

Blind Man (Uncredited)

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Cora Sue Collins

Crippled Girl (Uncredited)

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Sarah Padden

Crippled Girl's Mother (Uncredited)

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Mike Cantwell

Man (Uncredited)

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Bernard Siegel

Man (Uncredited)

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Kay English

Woman (Uncredited)

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Edward Norris

Man Outside Theatre of Horror (Uncredited)

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Mary Jo Mathews

Woman Outside Theatre of Horror (Uncredited)

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Russ Powell

Gendarme (Uncredited)

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Rolfe Sedan

Gendarme (Uncredited)

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Sam Ash

Detective Arresting Stephen (Uncredited)

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Roger Gray

Detective Arresting Stephen (Uncredited)

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Christian J. Frank

Detective Escorting Rollo on Train (Uncredited)

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Robert Graves

Detective Escorting Rollo on Train (Uncredited)

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Earl Pingree

Detective Interviewing Henry Orlac's Clerk (Uncredited)

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Theodore Lorch

Actor at Party (Uncredited)

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Carl Stockdale

Actor as 'The Rotary' (Uncredited)

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Ramsay Hill

Actor as 'Duke' (Uncredited)

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Marc Loebell

Actor as 'Prince' (Uncredited)

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Jacques Vanaire

Police Broadcaster (Uncredited)

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Monte Vandergrift

Audience Member (Uncredited)

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Clarence Wilson

Piano Creditor (Uncredited)

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