The Raven (1935)

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Directed by

Lew Landers

Starring (View all)

Boris Karloff
Edmond Bateman

Bela Lugosi
Dr. Richard Vollin

Lester Matthews
Dr. Jerry Halden

Irene Ware
Jean Thatcher

Samuel S. Hinds
Judge Thatcher

Spencer Charters
Geoffrey

Inez Courtney
Mary Burns

Ian Wolfe
Col. Bertram Grant

Written by

Edgar Allan Poe
(poem)

Dore Schary
contributing writer

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"...In There Stepped A Stately Raven..."

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Another fantastic Universal classic horror film starring Bela Lugosi and Boris Karloff, and based on the works of Edgar Allan Poe. Actually the title card reads "suggested by Edgar Allan Poe's immortal classic". It would be nearly impossible to make a feature-length film based solely on a poem of 108 lines. So what the filmmakers do is weave elements of Poe's poem into the story. For example, Bela... read more

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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.

Release date: 8 July 1935

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