Il dottor Miracolo (1932)
Nel 1845, a Parigi, durante i festeggiamenti del carnevale, il dottor Mirakle (Bela Lugosi) sbalordisce il pubblico esibendo in un circo delle meraviglie il possente Erik, un gorilla ammaestrato che egli dice di aver catturato nel cuore dell'Africa Nera. In realtà, lo spettacolo costituisce l'alibi per poter, nottetempo, rapire giovani ragazze e realizzare un esperimento che confermerebbe la validità della teoria sull'evoluzione dell'uomo dalla scimmia: individuare un gruppo sanguigno compatibile con quello di Erik per affiancargli una compagna. Poiché le prigioniere non sopravvivono alle trasfusioni, Mirakle con l'aiuto del fedele assistente Janos si sbarazza dei loro corpi gettandoli nella Senna, ma il giovane Pierre Dupin, analizzando i cadaveri, si insospettisce e va a curiosare nel laboratorio di Mirakle appena in tempo per evitare la morte a Camille, sua fidanzata, che il folle scienziato ha appena fatto rapire da Erik.
Direttore:
Robert Florey
Scrittori:
Dale Van Every, Tom Reed.
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Sidney Fox as Mlle. Camille L'Espanaye |
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Lugosi Béla as Dr. Mirakle |
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Leon Ames as Pierre Dupin |
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Bert Roach as Paul |
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Betty Ross Clarke as Mme. L'Espanaye |
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Brandon Hurst as Prefect of Police |
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D'Arcy Corrigan as Morgue Keeper |
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Noble Johnson as Janos The Black One |
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Arlene Francis as Woman of the Streets |
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Ted Billings as Sideshow Spectator (uncredited) |
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Herman Bing as Franz Odenheimer (uncredited) |
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Joe Bonomo as Gorilla (uncredited) |
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Agostino Borgato as Alberto Montani (uncredited) |
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Iron Eyes Cody as Indian at Sideshow (uncredited) |
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Christian J. Frank as Gendarme Using Snuff (uncredited) |
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Charles Gemora as Erik (uncredited) |
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Harrison Greene as Sideshow Barker (uncredited) |
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Charlotte Henry as Blonde in Sideshow Audience (uncredited) |
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Harry Holman as Victor Dupont (uncredited) |
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Edna Marion as Mignette (uncredited) |
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Torben Meyer as The Dane (uncredited) |
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Charles Millsfield as Bearded Man at Sideshow (uncredited) |
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Monte Montague as Workman / Gendarme (uncredited) |
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John T. Murray as Gendarme (uncredited) |
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Tempe Pigott as Crone (uncredited) |
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Dorothy Vernon as Tenant (uncredited) |
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Michael Visaroff as Mirakle's Sideshow Barker (uncredited) |
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Polly Ann Young as Girl (uncredited) |
| Writing | Dale Van Every | Screenplay |
| Crew | John Huston | Additional Dialogue |
| Directing | Robert Florey | Director |
| Writing | Robert Florey | Adaptation |
| Writing | Tom Reed | Screenplay |
| Sound | Heinz Roemheld | Music |
| Sound | C. Roy Hunter | Recording Supervision |
| Writing | Richard Schayer | Scenario Writer |
| Writing | Ethel M. Kelly | Writer |
| Crew | Howard Salemson | Technical Advisor |
| Crew | Joe Bonomo | Stunt Double |
| Editing | Maurice Pivar | Supervising Editor |
| Crew | Carl Laemmle | Presenter |
| Sound | Gilbert Kurland | Music Supervisor |
| Writing | Edgar Allan Poe | Short Story |
| Camera | Karl Freund | Director of Photography |
| Directing | Joseph A. McDonough | Assistant Director |
| Art | Charles D. Hall | Art Direction |
| Production | E.M. Asher | Associate Producer |
| Crew | John P. Fulton | Special Effects |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jack Pierce | Makeup Artist |
| Directing | Charles S. Gould | Assistant Director |
| Production | Carl Laemmle Jr. | Producer |
| Art | Herman Rosse | Set Designer |
| Directing | Scott R. Beal | Assistant Director |
| Editing | Milton Carruth | Editor |
