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The town's leading citizen becomes a homicidal maniac after his wife deserts him.The town's leading citizen becomes a homicidal maniac after his wife deserts him.The town's leading citizen becomes a homicidal maniac after his wife deserts him.
Ottola Nesmith
- Mrs. Mason
- (as Ollola Nesmith)
Fred Aldrich
- Guard at Ralph's Execution
- (uncredited)
Robert F. Hill
- Trial Judge
- (uncredited)
Lloyd Ingraham
- Psychiatrist
- (uncredited)
Robert Strange
- Kirby - Coroner
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaFirst of nine films made by Bela Lugosi under his contract with Sam Katzman for Monogram Pictures.
- GoofsWhen Mrs. Mason (Ottola Nesmith) enters the coroner's office, she's greeted with "Hello, Mrs. Nesmith".
- Quotes
Charles Kessler: What's the matter with Miss Mannix?
Evans the Butler: I thought she was doing her exercises, but she's dead.
- Crazy creditsOpening credits are composed of ghastly, ghostly, creepy letters.
- ConnectionsEdited into Deanimated (2002)
Featured review
Are you trying to strangle me or just glad to see me?
Charles Kessler lives with his daughter, Virginia, and servants in his large house, but Kessler still awaits the return of his wife, who ran away with another man and disappeared following a car crash with her lover. Mrs. Kessler, unknown to her husband, is living in the gardener's tool shed, afraid to return home. She occasionally sneaks out of the shed, and spies on her husband through the window. One night Kessler sees his wife through the window and falls into a mad hypnotic state where he strangles Cecile, the new maid at the house. The crime is framed on Ralph Dickson, Virginia's fiancé and former love of Cecile. Dickson dies at the hands of the law, and his identical twin brother Paul comes to the Kessler residence, hoping to posthumously clear his brother's name. Kessler, under another trance, kills the house's gardener and nearly strangles his daughter, and it becomes obvious to the police and everyone in the house that the murders are the work of a madman, but how will Kessler be uncovered in this strange case. This film is probably the best of the Lugosi Monogram series, primarily due to Joseph Lewis' superb direction where there is a lot of suspense and neat twists. Good performances by the cast make this and a very good ending make this a good one to watch, despite a few plot holes. Rating, based on B mysteries, 8.
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- Mike-764
- Oct 18, 2004
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- Also known as
- Murder by the Stars
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- Runtime1 hour 4 minutes
- Color
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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