Dr. Larry Forbes visits the château of Dr. Robert Renault, uncle of his fiancée Madelon, who is idolized by Renault's assistant, a strange émigré from Java.Dr. Larry Forbes visits the château of Dr. Robert Renault, uncle of his fiancée Madelon, who is idolized by Renault's assistant, a strange émigré from Java.Dr. Larry Forbes visits the château of Dr. Robert Renault, uncle of his fiancée Madelon, who is idolized by Renault's assistant, a strange émigré from Java.
Shepperd Strudwick
- Dr. Larry Forbes
- (as John Shepperd)
Ed Agresti
- Mr. La Rue
- (uncredited)
Carmen Beretta
- Mrs. La Rue
- (uncredited)
Eugene Borden
- Coroner
- (uncredited)
Alex Chivra
- Man at Dance
- (uncredited)
Ann Codee
- Passerby at Marcel's Shop
- (uncredited)
Ray Corrigan
- Ape
- (uncredited)
George Davis
- Strong Man Contest Proprietor
- (uncredited)
Jean Del Val
- Henri
- (uncredited)
Joseph DeVillard
- Man at Dance
- (uncredited)
James Khan
- Gendarme
- (uncredited)
Charles La Torre
- Marcel Perron
- (uncredited)
Mike Mazurki
- Rogell
- (uncredited)
Louis Mercier
- Bus Driver
- (uncredited)
Jack Norton
- Mr. Austin
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
- William Bruckner
- Robert F. Metzler
- Gaston Leroux(uncredited)
- All cast & crew
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Did you know
- TriviaInspired by Gaston Leroux's novel "Balaoo".
- GoofsWhen J. Carrol Naish lifts Mike Mazurki to throw him off the mill the wires used to hoist him up are clearly visible.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Creature Features: House of Dracula/Dr. Renault's Secret (1971)
Featured review
Strangely watchable and engaging
I don't know if it was the spectacle (for me anyways) of seeing J. Carroll Naish in something that wasn't "Frankenstein vs. Dracula" (my all-time favorite so-bad-its-good film), Naish's decent "pitiable villain" or the rather flimsy "Island of Dr. Moreau" reworking, but somehow this movie really held my intention. It's mercifully short (any longer would've been far too much), and fairly typical of horror films of its day. Definitely takes a page out of Wells' book, although the action this time has been relocated to France. There are definite signs of its era and its budget-very set bound, french accents that come and go, random Euro-sounding accents instead of french accents, the "monster" that redeems himself in the end, the odd (and racist, if we want to get all PC, which I don't usually bother for a film of this era that isn't being deliberate about it's racism) notion that a man from Java and an ape made to look like a man would be indistinguishable. Leaving all of these criticisms aside, if you're a fan of horror films, whose interested in the history of the genre and not just in the latestest "Scream" knock-off or still hoping they'll come out with a tenth Friday the 13th or a similar sequel machine, I say check it out. If you're into B-pictures of the era, check it out. It shows the general qualtity of studio horror films of the era, and its got a little something extra I can't put my finger on.
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- DrSatan
- Dec 5, 2001
Details
- Runtime58 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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