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Director:
Writers:
Edgar Allan Poe (story)
Robert Florey (adaptation)
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Release Date:
21 February 1932 (USA) more
Genre:
Tagline:
Innocent Beauty - this was her wedding eve. On the wall a shadow . . the beast was at large grinning horribly-cruelly. What was Her Fate ? more
Plot:
In 19th Century Paris, the maniacal Dr. Mirakle abducts young women and injects them with ape blood in an attempt to prove ape-human kinship... more | add synopsis
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James McTeigue's 'The Raven' to Mix Real Edgar Allan Poe and Fiction
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Minor but lovely little thing more (46 total)

Cast

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Sidney Fox ... Mlle. Camille L'Espanaye

Bela Lugosi ... Dr. Mirakle
Leon Ames ... Pierre Dupin (as Leon Waycoff)
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
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Runtime:
61 min
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Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Noiseless Recording Sound System)
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Among the caricatures drawn on the walls of Dupin's apartment is the likeness of Edgar Allan Poe, who wrote the story the film is based on. more
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Anachronisms: The movie is set in 1845, but Charles Darwin didn't publish his theory of evolution until 1859. more
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Romeo and Juliet Overture more

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8 out of 12 people found the following comment useful.
Minor but lovely little thing, 4 February 2002
6/10
Author: vostf from Paris, Fr

Loose adaptation from the story by Edgar A. Poe, this little movie deserves a look, less for its today transparent plot (and genetical experiments) than for the great cinematography by Karl Freund within the marvelous sets. Bela Lugosi stuck in the background is more threatening than his ridiculous characterization of Dracula.

Quite funny at times but the storyline fails to be compelling.

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