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4.0An ex-vaudeville actor is working as the assistant to a doctor who has Frankenstein aspirations. The ex-vaudeville actor kills the doctor and decides to assume the identity of the dead physician.
Released: 1934-09-1151 minDir: Dwain EsperHorror
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Cast
- Bill Woods as Don Maxwell
- Horace B. Carpenter as Dr. Meirschultz
- Ted Edwards as Buckley
- Phyllis Diller as Mrs. Buckley
- Theo Ramsey as Alice Maxwell
- Jenny Dark as Maizie
Themes
- rape
- cat
- exploitation
- mad scientist
- mad doctor
- pre-code
- psychotronic
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- zombie film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Based on
- The Black Cat
- Main subject
- mad scientist
- Director
- Dwain Esper
- Cast member
- Ted Edwards
- Duration
- 51
- Image
- Maniac5.jpg
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- Commons category
- Maniac (1934 film)
- publication date
- 1934-01-01
- title
- Maniac
- color
- black-and-white
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- different from
- Maniac
- copyright status
- public domain
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