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The Terror is a 1928 early American slasher film written by Harvey Gates and directed by Roy Del Ruth, based on the play of the same name by Edgar Wallace. This was the second "all-talking" motion picture released by Warner Bros. (The first was Lights of New York) This film was also the first all-talking horror film made, using the Vitaphone sound-on-disc system.
Original Release
09/06/1928
US Release
09/06/1928
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| May McAvoy | Olga Redmayne |
| Louise Fazenda | Mrs. Elvery |
| Edward Everett Horton | Ferdinand Fane |
| Alec B. Francis | Dr. Redmayne |
| Matthew Betz | Joe Connors |
| Holmes Herbert | Goodman (as Holmes E. Herbert) / Goodman |
| Otto Hoffman | Soapy Marks |
| Joseph W. Girard | Supt. Hallick (as Joseph Gerard) / Superintendent Hallick of Scotland Yard |
| John Miljan | Alfred Katman |
| Frank Austin | Cotton / Cotton - the Butler |
Directors
Writers
Harvey Gates, Joseph Jackson, Edgar Wallace
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| May McAvoy | Olga Redmayne |
| Louise Fazenda | Mrs. Elvery |
| Edward Everett Horton | Ferdinand Fane |
| Alec B. Francis | Dr. Redmayne |
| Matthew Betz | Joe Connors |
| Holmes Herbert | Goodman (as Holmes E. Herbert) / Goodman |
| Otto Hoffman | Soapy Marks |
| Joseph W. Girard | Supt. Hallick (as Joseph Gerard) / Superintendent Hallick of Scotland Yard |
| John Miljan | Alfred Katman |
| Frank Austin | Cotton / Cotton - the Butler |
| Jules Cowles | Undetermined Secondary Role |
| Conrad Nagel | Narrator of Spoken Credit Titles |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Jack L. Warner | Executive Producer |
| Darryl F. Zanuck | Producer |
