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Mystery Of Edwin Drood (1935)
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Horror Movies & Sci-Fi Movies Database
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02.05.10
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A madman strangles his rivals for a beautiful girl.
Also Known As:
Charles Dickens' 'Mystery of Edwin Drood'
Title: Mystery Of Edwin Drood
Release Date: February 04, 1935
Runtime: 87 mins
Genre: Drama
All Genres: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Languages: English
Country: USA
Colors: Black and White
Sound: Mono
IMDB Rating: 6.2
Buried.com Rating: 7.2 - (Rate This Horror Movie at Buried.com)
Category: Horror Movies Starting With M
Director(s):
Stuart Walker
Cast:
Claude Rains ...John Jasper
Douglass Montgomery ...Neville Landless
Heather Angel ...Rosa Bud
Valerie Hobson ...Helena Landless
David Manners ...Edwin Drood
Francis L. Sullivan ...Mr. Septimus Crisparkle
Zeffie Tilbury ...The Opium Woman
Ethel Griffies ...Miss Twinkleton
E.E. Clive ...Mayor Thomas Sapsea
Walter Kingsford ...Hiram Grewgious
Forrester Harvey ...Durdles
Veda Buckland ...Mrs. Tope
Elsa Buchanan ...Mrs. Tisher
George Ernest ...Deputy
J.M. Kerrigan ...Chief Verger Tope
Louise Carter ...Mrs. Crisparkle
Harry Cording ...Turke - Opium addict
D'Arcy Corrigan ...Opium addict
Anne O'Neal ...Crisparkle maid
Will Geer ...Village Lamplighter (as Will 'High' Ghere)
Walter Brennan ...Milkman
Bunny Beatty ...Schoolgirl
May Beatty ...School Cook
Evelyn Beresford ...Old Maid
Rosita Butler ...Schoolgirl
Edward Cooper ...Dean
Anne Darling ...Schoolgirl
Gordon Douglas ...Coroner
Effie Ellsler ...Townswoman
Helena Grant ...Maid
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Producer(s):
Edmund Grainger
Writer(s):
Leopold Atlas
John L. Balderston
Charles Dickens
Bradley King
Gladys Unger
Composer(s):
Edward Ward
Clifford Vaughan
Movie Trivia:
- Lavishly produced by Universal at a time, in retrospect, could least afford it. The studio was not yet aware of the failure of their most recent Dickens' adaption, Great Expectations (1934) and due to Carl Laemmle's financial excesses and asleep-at-the-wheel managerial style, Universal was rapidly sinking into a financial debacle. This film, like so many of Universal's of this period, flopped.
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The novel, the last by Charles Dickens, was unfinished at the time of his death in 1870.
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Boris Karloff was the first actor considered for the role of the opium-addicted John Jasper.
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Keywords:
Guardian, Schoolteacher, Murder Investigation, Criminal, Christmas ...[more]
Keywords All:
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Rating: 7.2 out of 10.0 - 55 votes cast total
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