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HE DIED a man with a hunger to love... and returned a monster with an instinct to kill.
1936 | 66m | English
Popularity: 1 (history)
| Director: | Michael Curtiz |
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| Writer: | Ewart Adamson, Lillie Hayward, Robert Hardy Andrews, Peter Milne, Joseph Fields |
| Staring: |
| Down-on-his-luck John Ellman is framed for a judge's murder. After he's convicted and sentenced to death, witnesses come forth and prove his innocence. But it was too late for a stay to be granted and Ellman is executed. A doctor uses an experimental procedure to restore him to life, though the full outcome is other than expected. | |
| Release Date: | Mar 01, 1936 |
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| Director: | Michael Curtiz |
| Writer: | Ewart Adamson, Lillie Hayward, Robert Hardy Andrews, Peter Milne, Joseph Fields |
| Genres: | Science Fiction, Horror, Crime |
| Keywords | cemetery, doctor, district attorney, living dead, wrongful conviction, witnesses, crooked lawyer, execution, super power, playing piano, framed for murder, innocent man, musician, murder, confrontation, racketeers, return from dead, witness to a crime |
| Production Companies | Warner Bros. Pictures |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 01, 2025 (Update) Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Boris Karloff | John Ellman |
| Ricardo Cortez | Nolan |
| Edmund Gwenn | Dr. Evan Beaumont |
| Marguerite Churchill | Nancy |
| Warren Hull | Jimmy |
| Barton MacLane | Loder |
| Henry O'Neill | District Attorney Werner |
| Joe King | Judge Roger Shaw |
| Addison Richards | Prison Warden |
| Paul Harvey | Blackstone |
| Robert Strange | Merritt |
| Joe Sawyer | 'Trigger' Smith |
| Eddie Acuff | 'Betcha' |
| Kenneth Harlan | Stephen Martin |
| Miki Morita | Loder's Butler Sako |
| Ruth Robinson | Mrs. Shaw |
| George Beranger | Nolan's Butler (uncredited) |
| Wade Boteler | Cellist's Guard (uncredited) |
| Frank Darien | Cemetery Caretaker (uncredited) |
| Edward Gargan | Guard Sitting Outside Warden's Office (uncredited) |
| Crauford Kent | British Radio Announcer (uncredited) |
| Milton Kibbee | Reporter (uncredited) |
| William H. O'Brien | Juror (uncredited) |
| Paul Panzer | Man in Courtroom (uncredited) |
| Leo White | Man in Courtroom (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Michael Curtiz | Director |
| Hal Mohr | Director of Photography |
| Ewart Adamson | Screenplay, Story |
| Lillie Hayward | Screenplay |
| Robert Hardy Andrews | Screenplay |
| Peter Milne | Screenplay |
| Bernhard Kaun | Music |
| Hugh Reticker | Art Direction |
| Thomas Pratt | Editor |
| Perc Westmore | Makeup Artist |
| Joseph Fields | Story |
| Russell Saunders | Assistant Director |
| Orry-Kelly | Costume Design |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Louis F. Edelman | Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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| 2024 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 6 |
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| 2025 | 1 | 8 | 11 | 5 |
| 2025 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 3 |
| 2025 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 1 |
| 2025 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
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