Horror / Romance /

Score: 70%( 116 votes )

Overview: An insane surgeon's obsession with an actress leads him to replace her wounded pianist husband's hands with the hands of a knife murderer--hands which still have the urge to throw knives.

Cast:

Peter Lorre
Doctor Gogol

Frances Drake
Yvonne Orlac

Colin Clive
Stephen Orlac

Ted Healy
Reagan

Isabel Jewell
Marianne (scenes deleted)

Sara Haden
Marie

Edward Brophy
Rollo

Henry Kolker
Prefect Rosset

Keye Luke
Dr. Wong

May Beatty
Françoise

Ian Wolfe
Henry Orlac, Stephen Orlac's Stepfather (Uncredited)

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 (Uncredited)

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)

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)