The Raven
1935
1h 1min
A brilliant but deranged neurosurgeon becomes obsessively fixated on a judge's daughter. With the help of an escaped criminal whose face he has surgically deformed, the mad man lures her, her father, and her fiancé to his isolated castle-like home, where he has created a torture chamber with the intent of torturing them for having 'tortured' him.
Storyline
A brilliant but deranged neurosurgeon becomes obsessively fixated on a judge's daughter. With the help of an escaped criminal whose face he has surgically deformed, the mad man lures her, her father, and her fiancé to his isolated castle-like home, where he has created a torture chamber with the intent of torturing them for having 'tortured' him.
Released
July 1935
Runtime
1h 1min
Director
Budget
$115,000
Genre
Status
Released
Language
English
Production
Universal Pictures
Cast
Boris Karloff
Edmond Bateman
Bela Lugosi
Dr. Richard Vollin
Lester Matthews
Dr. Jerry Holden
Irene Ware
Jean Thatcher
Samuel S. Hinds
Judge Thatcher
Spencer Charters
Col. Bertram Grant
Inez Courtney
Mary Burns
Ian Wolfe
Geoffrey 'Pinky' Burns
Maidel Turner
Mrs. Grant
Raine Bennett
Poe (uncredited)
Al Ferguson
The Crook (uncredited)
Nina Golden
Dancer (uncredited)
Jonathan Hale
Bedside Dr. at Jerry's Right (uncredited)
Arthur Hoyt
Chapman - Buyer of Poe Memorabilia (uncredited)
Walter Miller
Bedside Dr. at Judge's Right (uncredited)
Bud Osborne
Policeman (uncredited)
Madeline Talcott
Bedside Nurse (uncredited)
Cyril Thornton
Dr. Vollin's Butler (uncredited)
Anne Darling
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