The town's leading citizen is a man victim of homicidal impulses beyond his control. He is being controlled by his wife who had left him for another man. She was involved in a car accident that has left her brain damaged and is kept in the basement, in secret, by Kessler's gardener.
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Bela Lugosi | Charles Kessler |
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Polly Ann Young | Virginia Kessler |
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John McGuire | Ralph Dickson |
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Clarence Muse | Evans |
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Alice Dahl | Cecile Mannix |
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Betty Compson | Mrs. Kessler |
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Ernie Adams | Jules Mason |
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George Pembroke | Police Lt. Williams |
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Ottola Nesmith | Mrs. Mason |
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Fred Kelsey | Ryan - Policeman |
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Jack Mulhall | Tim - Police Detective |
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Fred Aldrich | Guard at Ralph's Execution |
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Robert F. Hill | Trial Judge |
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Lloyd Ingraham | Psychiatrist |
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Robert Strange | Kirby - Coroner |
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Dorothy Vernon | Kessler's Cook |
Director | Joseph H. Lewis |
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Writer | Helen Martin, Al Martin | |
Producer | Sam Katzman, Pete Mayer | |
Photography | Harvey Gould, Marcel Le Picard |