Release Date: 1936-01-20
Overview: Dr. Janos Rukh discovers a certain type of radium that has almost magical healing properties. But the element has a dangerous side, too, and it has already started affecting Rukh. Consumed by paranoia, he begins to suspect that his wife is having an affair. Wild for revenge, Rukh hatches a deadly plot...using his own poisoned body as a weapon to kill.
Rating: 6.345 / 10
Boris Karloff
as Dr. Janos Rukh
Bela Lugosi
as Dr. Felix Benet
Frank Lawton
as Ronald Drake
Frances Drake
as Diana Rukh
Violet Kemble Cooper
as Mother Rukh
Howard Higgin - Original Story
Lambert Hillyer - Director
John Colton - Screenplay
George Robinson - Director of Photography
Charles Carroll - Sound Recordist
**Peak Classic Universal Horror** A bunch of big stars with a well written story, for the time. Bela Lugosi and Boris Karloff are both great and so is Francis Drake. CW: There are racist bits, ...