There are some films that are just so weird that they are worth watching. I am a sucker for films with bizarre casting or bizarre plots and this film has got BOTH! Humphrey Bogart, in his days as a minor star at Warner Brothers, hadn't yet found his niche and the studio put him in either gangster films (which he grew to hate after having done so many) or experimented in some of the strangest casting decisions in history such as SWING YOUR LADY (where he was a wrestling promoter in the Ozarks), The Oklahoma Kid (now playing an old west bandit) and this film (where he plays a DEAD maniacal doctor doing experiments to keep himself alive). The plot is of course odd and Bogart looks really weird with a shock of white hair and a waxy skin-tone. It's all good campy fun and is highly entertaining despite its cheese factor! Give it a watch--the sight of him with his skunk-like hairdo and the silly plot make this a film you won't soon forget!
FYI--I forgot to mention one problem with the movie in my initial review. Wayne Morris is cast as a very obnoxious American reporter (the part often played by Lee Tracy in films of the era).
FYI--I forgot to mention one problem with the movie in my initial review. Wayne Morris is cast as a very obnoxious American reporter (the part often played by Lee Tracy in films of the era).