Maniac

Maniac

He menaced women with weird desires!

1934•51m•3.9/10

Horror

Ratings

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3.9/10(58)

An ex-vaudeville actor is working as the assistant to a doctor who has Frankenstein aspirations. The ex-vaudeville actor kills the doctor and decides to assume the identity of the dead physician.

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Production

Road Show Attractions

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

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Cast

Bill Woods

Don Maxwell

Horace B. Carpenter

Horace B. Carpenter

Dr. Meirschultz

Ted Edwards

Buckley

Phyllis Diller

Mrs. Buckley

Theo Ramsey

Alice Maxwell

Jenny Dark

Maizie

Marvelle Andre

Marvel

Celia McCann

Jo

John P. Wade

Embalmer

Marian Constance Blackton

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