United States / Jul 12, 1935
A new, a strange, a gifted personality comes to the screen!
1h 8min
Overall average
5.0/10
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Plot
An insane surgeon's obsession with an actress leads him to replace her wounded pianist husband's hands with those of a knife-throwing murderer.
Main cast
Full cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Henry Kolker | Prefect Rosset |
| Keye Luke | Dr. Wong |
| May Beatty | Françoise |
| Ian Wolfe | Henry Orlac, Stephen Orlac's Stepfather |
| Edward Lippy | Pierre, Henry Orlac's Clerk (Uncredited) |
| Frank Darien | Lavin, Waxwork Proprietor (Uncredited) |
| Murray Kinnell | Charles, Theatre Official (Uncredited) |
| Rollo Lloyd | Varsac, Fingerprint Expert (Uncredited) |
| Charles Trowbridge | Dr. Marbeau |
| Nell Craig | Suzanne (Uncredited) |
| Robert Emmett Keane | Raoul (Uncredited) |
| Agostino Borgato | Stage Doorman (Uncredited) |
| Billy Gilbert | Autograph Seeker on Train (Uncredited) |
| Hooper Atchley | Train Conductor (Uncredited) |
| Maurice Brierre | Taxi Driver (Uncredited) |
| Julie Carter | Nurse (Uncredited) |
| Harvey Clark | Station Master (Uncredited) |
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| Michael Mark | Execution Official (Uncredited) |
| Alphonse Ethier | Assistant Prefect (Uncredited) |
| Matty Roubert | Newsboy (Uncredited) |
| Otto Hoffman | Blind Man (Uncredited) |
| Cora Sue Collins | Crippled Girl (Uncredited) |
| Sarah Padden | Crippled Girl's Mother (Uncredited) |
| Mike Cantwell | Man (Uncredited) |
| Bernard Siegel | Man (Uncredited) |
| Kay English | Woman (Uncredited) |
| Edward Norris | Man Outside Theatre of Horror (Uncredited) |
| Mary Jo Mathews | Woman Outside Theatre of Horror (Uncredited) |
| Russ Powell | Gendarme (Uncredited) |
| Rolfe Sedan | Gendarme (Uncredited) |
| Sam Ash | Detective Arresting Stephen (Uncredited) |
| Roger Gray | Detective Arresting Stephen (Uncredited) |
| Christian J. Frank | Detective Escorting Rollo on Train (Uncredited) |
| Robert Graves | Detective Escorting Rollo on Train (Uncredited) |
| Earl Pingree | Detective Interviewing Henry Orlac's Clerk (Uncredited) |
| Theodore Lorch | Actor at Party (Uncredited) |
| Carl Stockdale | Actor as 'The Rotary' (Uncredited) |
| Ramsay Hill | Actor as 'Duke' (Uncredited) |
| Marc Loebell | Actor as 'Prince' (Uncredited) |
| Jacques Vanaire | Police Broadcaster (Uncredited) |
| Monte Vandergrift | Audience Member (Uncredited) |
| Clarence Wilson | Piano Creditor (Uncredited) |
Genres
HorrorRomance
Technical details
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Original title | Mad Love |
| Original language | English (EN) |
| Spoken languages | English |
| Production countries | United States of America |
| Status | Released |
| Production companies | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| Release date | 12 luglio 1935 |
| Production | John W. Considine Jr. |
| Writer | John L. Balderston, Maurice Renard, P.J. Wolfson, Florence Crewe-Jones |
| Editing | Hugh Wynn |
| Cinematography | Gregg Toland, Chester A. Lyons |
| Assistant directors | Dolph Zimmer, Karl Freund |
| Camera operators | Gregg Toland, Chester A. Lyons |
| Additional photography | Gregg Toland, Chester A. Lyons |
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| Production design | Cedric Gibbons, William A. Horning, Edwin B. Willis |
| Art direction | Cedric Gibbons, William A. Horning, Edwin B. Willis |
| Set decoration | Cedric Gibbons, William A. Horning, Edwin B. Willis |
| Music | David Snell, Dimitri Tiomkin, R. H. Bassett, Douglas Shearer, Leonid Raab, Jack Virgil, Charles Maxwell, Paul Marquardt, Oscar Radin |
| Sound | David Snell, Dimitri Tiomkin, Douglas Shearer, Leonid Raab, Jack Virgil, Charles Maxwell, Paul Marquardt, R. H. Bassett, Oscar Radin |
| Costume design | Dolly Tree, Norbert A. Myles |
| Makeup | Norbert A. Myles, Dolly Tree |
| Hairstyling | Norbert A. Myles, Dolly Tree |
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