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The Black Cat (1934)

The Black Cat
Black Cat, The poster

Things you never said before nor even dreamed of!

After a road accident in Hungary, the American honeymooners Joan and Peter and the enigmatic Dr. Werdegast find refuge in the house of the famed architect Hjalmar Poelzig, who shares a dark past with the doctor.

Director

Edgar G. Ulmer
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Screenplay

Tom Kilpatrick, Peter Ruric
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Release date

May 7, 1934

Content Rating

NR

Language

English
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Country

United States of America
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Runtime

63
 minutes
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Budget

$
95745
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Box Office

$
236000
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Ratings
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88
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6.9
 

Top billed cast

Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi, David Manners, Julie Bishop, Egon Brecher

Production companies

Universal Pictures

Keywords

chess, hungary, prisoner of war, black and white, train, storm, psychiatrist, black cat, spiral staircase, high priest, newlywed, pre-code, based on short story, satanic ritual, satanic cult, psychotronic, preserved corpse, female corpse, devil worship, mystery writer, wife murderer, woman in peril, bus crash, europe honeymoon, pulp fiction, flaying, glass display cases, gun turret, married to stepdaughter
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Classix
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