Karloff at Columbia

One of the most recognisable faces in horror, Boris Karloff (or simply `KARLOFF', as he was often billed) has been described as "to the horror movie what Fred Astaire was to the musical". Presented here are the six films he made for Columbia Pictures, a collaboration which produced some of Karloff's finest acting roles. In The Black Room, Karloff takes on a dual role as twin brothers in 19th century Europe. One of the twins inherits the family castle and suddenly the local women start disappearing. The Man They Could Not Hang, The Man With Nine Lives, Before I Hang, and The Devil Commands form the "Mad Doctor" cycle, a thematically linked series of films where Karloff always plays a doctor whose obsessions inevitably lead them to murder! And finally, The Boogie Man Will Get You is a delightful parody of the "Mad Doctor" films, starring both Karloff and Peter Lorre.

Actor: Anne Revere
Actor: Boris Karloff
Actor: Roger Pryor
Actor: Amanda Duff
Actor: Marian Marsh
Producer: Colbert Clark
Director: Lew Landers
Actor: Lorna Gray
Cinematographer: Henry Freulich
Actor: Peter Lorre
Actor: Dorothy Adams
Writer: Karl Brown
Actor: Thurston Hall
Actor: Bruce Bennett
Director: Edward Dmytryk
Actor: John Dilson
Actor: Edward van Sloan
Actor: Maxie Rosenbloom
Actor: Jeff Donnell
Actor: Stanley Brown
Producer: Wallace MacDonald
Director: R. William Neill
Actor: Robert Allen
Actor: Katherine de Mille
Cinematographer: Allen G. Siegler
Director: Nick Grindé
Cinematographer: Benajmin Kline
Actor: Jo Ann Sayers
Writer: Robert D. Andrews
Writer: Milton Gunzburg
Actor: Richard Fiske
Actor: Larry Parks
Actor: Hal Taliaferro
Actor: Don Beddoe
Writer: Edwin Blum
Actor: Robert Wilcox
Writer: Arthur Strawn
Actor: Ben Taggart
Actor: Evelyn Keyes
Writer: Henry Myers