Ilona Massey Baroness Elsa Frankenstein
Patric Knowles Dr. Frank Mannering
Lionel Atwill Mayor of Vasaria
Bela Lugosi Frankenstein's Monster
Maria Ouspenskaya Maleva, the Old Gypsy Woman
Dennis Hoey Inspector Owen
Lon Chaney The Wolf Man/Lawrence Stewart 'Larry' Talbot
Don Barclay Franzec
Rex Evans Vazec, the Proprietor
Dwight Frye Rudi
Harry Stubbs Guno
David Clyde Llanwelly Police Sergeant
Jeff Corey Crypt Keeper
Cyril Delevanti Freddy Jolly (Grave Robber)
Lance Fuller Villager
Charles Irwin Cardiff police constable
Adia Kuznetzoff Festival Singer
Doris Lloyd Nurse
Tom Stevenson Grave Robber
Martha Vickers Girl Killed by the Wolf Man
Produced by George Waggner; Directed by Roy William Neill; Screenplay by
Curt Siodmak; Original music by Charles Previn, Heinz Roemheld,
Hans J. Salter and Frank Skinner; Cinematography by George Robinson;
Film Editing by Edward Curtiss; Art Direction by John Goodman;
Set Decoration by R. A. Gausman; Makeup Artist, Jack P. Pierce;
Assistant Director, Melville Shyer; Associate Art Director,
Martin Obzina; Associate set decorator, E. R. Robinson; Sound Director,
Bernard B. Brown; Sound technician, William Fox; Special Photographic
Effects by John P. Fulton; Stunts by Eddie Parker and Gil Perkins;
Musical director, H. J. Salter; lyricist, Curt Siodmak; gowns, Vera West.
Production date: October 12 -- mid November, 1942; New York opening:
March 5, 1943; Released March 12, 1943.
The story:
Larry Talbot, supposedly dead after being transformed into a wolf man by
a gypsy curse, returns from the grave to commit a series of murders after
grave robbers disturb his tomb. Seeking death to end the curse, he goes
to Europe to find the Gypsy Maleva, whom he believes can help him.
With Maleva, he tries to locate the Frankenstein diary, which holds
the key to his fate.
During the search, Larry again changes to the wolf man and in a mad
attempt to escape the villagers, finds and makes friends with the
Frankenstein monster. Maleva discovers them together and prevails
upon Larry to return to the village. Larry wishes to buy the Frankenstein
castle but Baroness Frankenstein refuses to sell.
Soon after, the wolf man kills a girl. Dr. Mannering and the Baroness
find Larry and promise to help him die. Meanwhile the monster becomes
enraged.
Larry changes to the wolf man and grapples with the monster as a
villager dynamites a dam. Quickly flood waters flood over the castle.
The monster and the wolf man are caught in the swirling cataract.
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