The black cat / Universal Pictures Corporation ; Carl Laemmle presents ; screenplay, Peter Ruric ; story, Edgar G. Ulmer, Peter Ruric ; directed by Edgar G. Ulmer.
Publisher:
MCA Universal Home Video,
Copyright Date:
1992
Description:
1 videocassette (66 min.) : sound, black and white ; 1/2 in.
Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi, David Manners, Jacqueline Wells, Lucille Lund, Egon Brecher, Harry Cording, Henry Armetta, Albert Conti. Suggested by the story by Edgar Allan Poe. "In a modern interview with Peter Bogdanovich, Edgar Ulmer confirmed that although the film had little connection to the Edgar Allan Poe story, the credit to Poe was retained to draw public interest"--AFI catalog. Originally produced as a motion picture in 1934. VHS, Hi-Fi.
Summary:
A bus crash on a lonely Austrian road compels American honeymooners to spend the night at the house of Herr Poelzig, a sinister looking man who is engaged in an intense death-feud with Dr. Werdegast, whom the couple met on the Orient Express.
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