The read
It runs a compact 1h 27m.
Synopsis
A choirmaster addicted to opium and obsessed with a beautiful young woman will stop at nothing to possess her.
Ratings
IMDb6.4/10
Rotten Tomatoes63%
13 audience votes
Key crew
- Gladys UngerScreenplay
- Edward WardOriginal Music Composer
- John L. BalderstonScreenplay
- Stuart WalkerDirector
Cast
- Claude RainsJohn Jasper
- Douglass MontgomeryNeville Landless
- Heather AngelRosa Bud
- Valerie HobsonHelena Landless
- David MannersEdwin Drood
- Francis L. SullivanRev. Mr. Crisparkle
- Zeffie TilburyThe Opium Woman
- Ethel GriffiesMiss Twinkleton
- E. E. CliveSapsea
- Walter KingsfordGrewgious
- Forrester HarveyDurdles
- Veda BucklandMrs. Tope
Stills
Themes
based on novel or bookobsessionarranged marriagemurderunrequited lovestormfalse accusationsguardiandisguiseguiltnephewpresumed dead