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A brilliant surgeon with a morbid obsession for instruments of torture grows dangerously obsessed with a young socialite whose life he's saved.
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Edmond Bateman (as Karloff)
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Dr. Richard Vollin (as Lugosi, Bela Lugosi)
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Dr. Jerry Halden (Credits) / Dr. Jerry Holden
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Jean Thatcher
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Judge Thatcher
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Geoffrey (Credits) / Col. Bertram Grant
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Mary Burns
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Col. Bertram Grant (Credits) / Geoffrey 'Pinky'
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Harriet
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Autograph Hound (scenesDeleted)
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Joe Haworth ...
Drug Clerk (scenesDeleted)
Mary Wallace ...
Autograph Hound (scenesDeleted)
Raine Bennett ...
Actor reading 'The Raven' (uncredited)
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The Crook (uncredited)
Nina Golden ...
Dancer (uncredited)
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Bedside Dr. at Jerry's Right (uncredited)
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Chapman - Buyer of Poe Memorabilia (uncredited)
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Bedside Dr. at Judge's Right (uncredited)
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Policeman (uncredited)
Madeline Talcott ...
Bedside Nurse (uncredited)
Cyril Thornton ...
Dr. Vollin's Butler (uncredited)

Directed by

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Lew Landers ... (as Louis Friedlander)

Written by

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Edgar Allan Poe ... (poem)
 
David Boehm ... (screenplay)
 
Guy Endore ... (contributing writer) (uncredited)
 
Florence Enright ... (dialogue) (uncredited)
 
John Lynch ... (contributing writer) (uncredited)
 
Clarence Marks ... (contributing writer) (uncredited)
 
Dore Schary ... (contributing writer) (uncredited)
 
Michael L. Simmons ... (contributing writer) (uncredited)
 
Jim Tully ... (contributing writer) (uncredited)

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Stanley Bergerman ... executive producer (uncredited)
David Diamond ... associate producer

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Clifford Vaughan ... (uncredited)

Cinematography by

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Charles J. Stumar ... (photographer) (as Charles Stumar)

Editing by

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Albert Akst

Editorial Department

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Maurice Pivar ... supervising editor (uncredited)

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Albert S. D'Agostino

Makeup Department

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Otto Lederer ... makeup artist (uncredited)
Jack P. Pierce ... makeup designer (uncredited)
Hazel Rogers ... hair stylist (uncredited)

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Scott R. Beal ... assistant director (uncredited)
Victor Noerdlinger ... assistant director (uncredited)

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Gilbert Kurland ... sound supervisor (uncredited)

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John P. Fulton ... process photography (uncredited)

Music Department

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Gilbert Kurland ... music supervisor
C. Bakaleinikoff ... conductor (uncredited)
W. Franke Harling ... composer: stock music (uncredited)
Abe Meyer ... music contractor (uncredited)
Heinz Roemheld ... composer: stock music (uncredited)
William Schiller ... orchestrator: stock music (uncredited)
Clifford Vaughan ... orchestrator (uncredited)

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Moree Herring ... script clerk (uncredited)

Additional Crew

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Florence Enright ... dialogue director
Theodore Kosloff ... dance arranger
Carl Laemmle ... president: Universal Pictures Corp.
George DeNormand ... double: Bela Lugosi (uncredited)
Ed Haskett ... supervising secretary (uncredited)
Monte Montague ... double: Boris Karloff (uncredited)
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Plot Summary

A wealthy judge coaxes the brilliant but eccentric neurological surgeon Dr. Vollin (Lugosi), who also has an obsessive penchant for Edgar Allen Poe, out of retirement to save the life of his daughter, a dancer crippled and brain damaged in an auto wreck. Vollin restores her completely, but also envisions her as his "Lenore," and cooks up a scheme to kidnap the woman and torture and kill her fiance' and father in his Poe-inspired dungeon. To do his dirty work, Vollin recruits a wanted criminal (Karloff), and turns him into a hideous monster to guarantee his subservience. Written by Kevin Rayburn

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Taglines The uncanny master of make-up in a new amazing shocker See more »
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Also Known As
  • Le Corbeau (France)
  • Der Rabe (Germany)
  • El cuervo (Spain)
  • El cuervo (Argentina)
  • Der Rabe (Austria)
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  • 61 min
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Budget $115,000 (estimated)

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Trivia According to Greg Mank's book "Karloff and Lugosi, Karloff received $10,000 for his work, Lugosi $5000, Irene Ware $625, Lester Matthews $1153.76, and Samuel S. Hinds $1333.35. See more »
Goofs After Dr. Vollin regales his house guests on the subject of Edgar Allan Poe, all rise to retire. Jean Thatcher stops, returns to her former place on the couch, and has to free her gown from the cushion. This action causes her to be the last guest to leave the room, allowing her to have a private moment with Bateman. In their subsequent two-shot, she apologizes to him for having been startled earlier when he'd entered the room where she was fixing her hair. See more »
Movie Connections Featured in The Raven (1959). See more »
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Crazy Credits The names of Spencer Charters and Ian Wolfe were accidentally reversed in the credits. See more »
Quotes Dr. Richard Vollin: Your monstrous ugliness breeds monstrous hatred. Good! I can use your hate.
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