A brilliant surgeon obsessed with Edgar Allan Poe saves the life of a beautiful dancer and goes mad when he can't have her.
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Title: The Raven (1935)
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Cast
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Edmond Bateman
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| Lester Matthews | ... |
Dr. Jerry Halden (Credits) /
Dr. Jerry Holden
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| Irene Ware | ... |
Jean Thatcher
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| Samuel S. Hinds | ... |
Judge Thatcher
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Spencer Charters | ... |
Geoffrey (Credits) /
Col. Bertram Grant
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| Inez Courtney | ... | ||
| Ian Wolfe | ... |
Col. Bertram Grant (Credits) /
Geoffrey 'Pinky'
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| Maidel Turner | ... |
Harriet
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| Anne Darling | ... |
Autograph Hound
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June Gittelson | ... |
Autograph Hound
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Joe Haworth | ... |
Drug Clerk
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Mary Wallace | ... |
Autograph Hound
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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 <[email protected]>
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While this mad surgical genius chanted "The Raven," horrible screams rose up from his torture chamber below! See more »Certificate:
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
8 July 1935 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Der Rabe See more »Filming Locations:
Stage 28, Universal Studios - 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, California, USABox Office
Budget:
$115,000 (estimated)Company Credits
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Mono (Western Electric Noiseless Recording)Color:
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1.37 : 1
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Dr. Richard Vollin: Money means nothing to me.
Judge Thatcher: But someone is dying! your obligation as a member of the medical profession...
Dr. Richard Vollin: I respect no obligation. I am a law unto himself!
Judge Thatcher: But you have no human feeling? My daughter is dying!
Dr. Richard Vollin: Death hasn't the same significance for me as it has for you.
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Chester Morris was originally cast in the Lester Matthews role. See more »Goofs
When Judge Thatcher goes to Vollin's home to plead his case, the shadow of Vollin's stuffed raven changes position. First, it is in front of Thatcher's shadow, then behind, then in front again. See more »Quotes
Judge Thatcher: I'll pay you any amount of money, Dr. Vollin,Dr. Richard Vollin: Money means nothing to me.
Judge Thatcher: But someone is dying! your obligation as a member of the medical profession...
Dr. Richard Vollin: I respect no obligation. I am a law unto himself!
Judge Thatcher: But you have no human feeling? My daughter is dying!
Dr. Richard Vollin: Death hasn't the same significance for me as it has for you.
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Karloff gets the top billing in this second feature pairing both horror stars, but it is Bela Lugosi all the way who steals each and every scene he is in. Lugosi is incredible in his over-the-top performance of a morbid, obsessed doctor and Poe aficionado. Each line he utters with flair and gusto, each movement an outrageous, maniacal gesture. He is truly a ham, and an enjoyable one at that. Karloff is quite good as a killer, and the only compassionate character in the story. He is disfigured by Lugosi, so he will kill for the mad doctor. One of the best scenes is Lugosi leaving his patient to see his handiwork. Karloff shoots through several mirrors after realizing the atrocities committed on him, and from a door in the roof of the room.....Lugosi peers through and laughs...laughs with coldness, cruelty, and hysteria. The rest of the film is devoted to Lugosi utilizing his Poe recreations of torture...and I must confess as an earlier reviewer noted that you really feel little sympathy for the other characters involved...and at one point I wanted the pendulum to win. You must see this film as it is the second best of the Karloff/Lugosi pairings...but it really is a Lugosi film.