The Black Cat (1934)
07/05/1934
Horror
1h 5m
- 67% (297 votes)
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Things you never said before nor even dreamed of!
Overview
After a road accident in Hungary, the American honeymooners Joan and Peter and the enigmatic Dr. Werdegast find refuge in the house of the famed architect Hjalmar Poelzig, who shares a dark past with the doctor.
- Edgar G. UlmerDirector
- Peter RuricScreenplay
- Tom KilpatrickScreenplay
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$95,745
Revenue
$236,000
Keywords
- chess
- prisoner of war
- hungary
- black and white
- train
- storm
- psychiatrist
- black cat
- spiral staircase
- high priest
- newlywed
- pre-code
- based on short story
- satanic ritual
- satanic cult
- psychotronic
- preserved corpse
- female corpse
- devil worship
- mystery writer
- wife murderer
- woman in peril
- bus crash
- europe honeymoon
- flaying
- glass display cases
- gun turret
- married to stepdaughter
Top Billed Cast
Boris Karloff
Hjalmar Poelzig
Bela Lugosi
Dr. Vitus Werdegast
David Manners
Peter Alison
Julie Bishop
Joan Alison
Egon Brecher
The Majordomo
Harry Cording
Thamal
Lucille Lund
Karen
Henry Armetta
The Sergeant
Albert Conti
The Lieutenant
John Carradine
Cult Organist
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