Onslow Stevens Dr. Edelman
John Carradine Count Dracula (aka Baron Latos)
Lon Chaney Lawrence Talbot
Jane Adams Nina
Martha O'Driscoll Miliza Morrelle
Lionel Atwill Inspector Holtz
Skelton Knaggs Steinmuhl
Ludwig Stössel Siegfried
Glenn Strange Frankenstein Monster
Joseph E. Bernard The Coroner
Fred Cordova Gendarme
Dick Dickinson Villager
Beatrice Gray Mother
Casey Harrison Gendarme
Harry Lamont Villager
Gregory Marshall Johannes
Executive Producer, Joseph Gershenson; Produced by Paul Malvern;
Directed by Erle C. Kenton; Screenplay by Edward T. Lowe.Original music
by Paul Dessau, Charles Henderson, William Lava, Charles Previn,
Hans J. Salter, Paul Sawtell and Frank Skinner; Cinematography by
George Robinson; Film Editing by Russell Schoengarth; Art Direction by
John B. Goodman and Martin Obzina; Set Decoration by Russell A. Gausman
and Arthur D. Leddy; Makeup Artist, Jack P. Pierce; Hair Stylist,
Carmen Dirigo; Assistant Directors, Ralph Slosser and William Tummel;
Sound Director, Bernard B. Brown; Sound Technician, Jess Moulin;
Special Effects by John P. Fulton; Stunts by Carey Loftin (stunt
double: Onslow Stevens) and Eddie Parker (stunt double: Frankenstein
Monster); Stand-in for Lon Chaney, Walter De Palma; Musical Director,
Edgar Fairchild; Gown Supervisor, Vera West. Production date: Mid-
September --late October, 1945; Released December 7, 1945.
The story:
Engaged in research to discover a culture to correct human deformaties, Dr. Edelman, eminent European scientist, is tricked into aiding the vampire, Count Dracula, who betrayed an unholy interest in the doctor's attractive assistant, Miliza.
Meanwhile, Larry Talbot solicits Edelman's help in relieving a brain pressure which, at the full of the moon, transforms the young man into a werewolf. Not satisfied with the scientist's promise of a future operation to correct the infirmity, Talbot attempts suicide by throwing himself into the Devil's Cave where Edelman discovers the Frankenstein Monster.
Despite the advice of a hunchback nurse, Nina, whom Edelman is trying to cure, life is restored to the Monster. Edelman's blood, however, has become contaminated following a transformation with Count Dracula. Beginning to resemble his patient, Edelman performs a successful operation on Talbot, then murders his housekeeper, Siegfried.
The now mad scientist releases the Frankenstein Monster which goes berserk after Talbot shoots the deranged Edelman. A fire breaks out, engulfing the Monster and the laboratory. In the aftermath of the tragedy, Miliza and Talbot, the later completely cured, are united.
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