Black Cat (The)
- Director: Edgar G. Ulmer
- Writer: Edgar Allan Poe; Peter Ruric
- Producer: E.M. Asher
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Honeymooning in Hungary, Joan and Peter Allison share their train compartment with Dr. Vitus Verdegast, a courtly but tragic man who is returning to the remains of the town he defended before becoming a prisoner of war for fifteen years. When their hotel-bound bus crashes in a mountain storm and Joan is injured, the travellers seek refuge in the home, built fortress-like upon the site of a bloody battlefield, of famed architect Hjalmar Poelzig. There, cat-phobic Verdegast learns his wife's fate, grieves for his lost daughter, and must play a game of chess for Allison's life.
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Cast & Characters
Boris Karloff as Hjalmar Poelzig;
Bela Lugosi as Dr. Vitus Werdegast;
David Manners as Peter Alison;
Julie Bishop as Joan Alison;
Egon Brecher as The Majordomo;
Harry Cording as Thamal;
Lucille Lund as Karen;
Henry Armetta as The Sergeant;
Albert Conti as The Lieutenant;
Virginia Ainsworth as Cultist;
Luis Alberni as Train Steward;
King Baggot as Cultist;
Herman Bing as Car Steward;
Symona Boniface as Cultist;
John Carradine as Cult Organist