The read
Critics rate it 16 points higher than audiences do. It runs a compact 1h 1m.
Synopsis
In 19th century Paris, a maniac abducts young women and injects them with ape blood in an attempt to prove ape-human kinship but constantly meets failure as the abducted women die.
Ratings
IMDb6.3/10
Rotten Tomatoes79%
Critics rate it 16 points higher than audiences do.
150 audience votes
Key crew
- Robert FloreyDirector
- Tom ReedScreenplay
- Dale Van EveryScreenplay
- Ethel M. KellyWriter
Cast
- Sidney FoxMlle. Camille L'Espanaye
- Bela LugosiDr. Mirakle
- Leon AmesPierre Dupin
- Bert RoachPaul
- Betty Ross ClarkeMme. L'Espanaye
- Brandon HurstPrefect of Police
- D'Arcy CorriganMorgue Keeper
- Noble JohnsonJanos The Black One
- Arlene FrancisWoman of the Streets
- Ted BillingsSideshow Spectator (uncredited)
- Herman BingFranz Odenheimer (uncredited)
- Joe BonomoGorilla (uncredited)
Stills
Themes
paris, francecircusblack and whiteapepre-codegenetic engineeringmurder mystery19th centuryracist stereotypenative