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Screen horror legend Boris Karloff (Frankenstein, The Mummy) stars in this chilling, suspenseful tale of communication from beyond the grave. A respected scientist (Karloff) experimenting with brain wave impulses loses his beloved wife in an auto accident. Overwhelmed by grief, he attempts to record his deceased wife's brain patterns. When his experiment registers her brain activity, he frantically escalates his research. Enlisting the aide of a scheming clairvoyant, he resorts to desperate measures, even grave robbing and using the corpses as human radio tubes, to facilitate contact with his wife. As the bodies pile up and townsfolk close in, will the mad doctor finally break through to the other side? THE DEVIL COMMANDS, from acclaimed director Edward Dmytryk (The Caine Mutiny, The End of the Affair) is a supernatural shocker that expertly blends sci-fi and horror.
Original Release
02/03/1941
US Release
02/03/1941
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Boris Karloff | Dr. Julian Blair |
Richard Fiske | Dr. Richard Sayles |
Amanda Duff | Anne Blair |
Anne Revere | Mrs. Blanche Walters / Mrs. Walters |
Ralph Penney | Karl |
Dorothy Adams | Mrs. Marcy |
Walter Baldwin | Seth Marcy |
Kenneth MacDonald | Sheriff Ed Willis |
Shirley Warde | Helen Blair |
Ernie Adams | Elam |
Directors
Writers
Robert Hardy Andrews, Milton Gunzburg, William Sloane
Cast
Name | Character |
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Boris Karloff | Dr. Julian Blair |
Richard Fiske | Dr. Richard Sayles |
Amanda Duff | Anne Blair |
Anne Revere | Mrs. Blanche Walters / Mrs. Walters |
Ralph Penney | Karl |
Dorothy Adams | Mrs. Marcy |
Walter Baldwin | Seth Marcy |
Kenneth MacDonald | Sheriff Ed Willis |
Shirley Warde | Helen Blair |
Ernie Adams | Elam |
Lester Allen | Dr. Van Den |
Wheaton Chambers | Dr. Sanders |
Earl Crawford | Johnson |
Harrison Greene | Mr. Booth, Bakery Proprietor |
Erwin Kalser | Professor Kent |
Eddie Kane | Professor Walt |
George McKay | Station Agent |
Al Rhein | Truck Driver |
John Tyrrell | Postmaster |
Jacques Vanaire | Dr. Hartley |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Wallace MacDonald | Producer |