Juggernaut (1936 film)
Juggernaut is a 1936 British mystery film, starring Boris Karloff and Joan Wyndham. Directed by Henry Edwards, it was based on the novel by Alice Campbell and was distributed by Julius Hagen Productions. It was also known as The Demon Doctor.[1]
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Directed by | Henry Edwards |
Produced by | Edward L. Alperson Julius Hagen |
Written by | Alice Campbell Cyril Campion Heinrich Fraenkel H. Fowler Mear |
Starring | Boris Karloff Joan Wyndham |
Music by | W.L. Trytel |
Cinematography | Sydney Blythe William Luff |
Edited by | Michael C. Chorlton |
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Distributed by | Wardour Films (UK) Grand National Pictures (US) Superior Pictures (Can) |
Release date | 8 September 1936 (UK) 30 April 1937 (US) |
Running time | 64 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Plot
Victor Sartorius (Karloff) is an ailing doctor working in Morocco. He teams up with Lady Yvonne Clifford (Mona Goya) in a plot to poison her husband, Sir Charles Clifford (Morton Selten), so he can collect the 20,000 pounds necessary to save his experiments and his funding. Roger Clifford (Arthur Margetson), the son of Sir Charles has also been marked for death. The only one who can stop the murder plot of Sartorius is Nurse Eve Rowe (Joan Wyndham).
Cast
- Boris Karloff – Dr. Victor Sartorius
- Joan Wyndham – Nurse Eve Rowe
- Arthur Margetson – Roger Clifford
- Mona Goya – Lady Yvonne Clifford
- Anthony Ireland – Capt. Arthur Halliday (as Antony Ireland)
- Morton Selten – Sir Charles Clifford
- Nina Boucicault – Miss Mary Clifford (as Mina Boucicault)
- Gibb McLaughlin – Jacques (servant)
- J. H. Roberts – Chalmers (butler) (as H.H. Roberts)
- Victor Rietti – Dr. Bousquet
See also
References
- Stephen Jacobs, Boris Karloff: More Than a Monster, Tomahawk Press 2011 p 202
External links
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