The read
Critics rate it 28 points higher than audiences do. It runs a compact 1h 8m.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb7.2/10
Rotten Tomatoes100%
Critics rate it 28 points higher than audiences do.
126 audience votes
Key crew
- P.J. WolfsonScreenplay
- Karl FreundDirector
- John L. BalderstonScreenplay
- David SnellOriginal Music Composer
- Dimitri TiomkinOriginal Music Composer
- R. H. BassettOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Peter LorreDoctor Gogol
- Frances DrakeYvonne Orlac
- Colin CliveStephen Orlac
- Ted HealyReagan
- Isabel JewellMarianne (scenes deleted)
- Sara HadenMarie
- Edward BrophyRollo
- Henry KolkerPrefect Rosset
- Keye LukeDr. Wong
- May BeattyFrançoise
- Ian WolfeHenry Orlac, Stephen Orlac's Stepfather
- Edward LippyPierre, Henry Orlac's Clerk (Uncredited)
Stills
Themes
based on novel or bookobsessionsurgeonguillotinemad doctormurdererexecutionpianistknife throwinggrand guignolwax figuredouble amputee