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The Climax

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Calorie Rating: 121
Released: 1944-10-20
MPAA Rating: NR
Running Time: 86 Minutes
Studios: Universal Pictures,


Dr. Hohner, theatre physician at the Vienna Royal Theatre, murders his mistress, the star soprano when his jealousy drives him to the point of mad obsession. Ten years later, another young singer reminds Hohner of the late diva and his old mania kicks in. Hohner wants to prevent her from singing for anyone but him, even if it means silencing her forever.

Director / Directors

Charles S. Gould
Assistant Director


Cast

Boris Karloff
Character: Dr. Friedrich Hohner
Susanna Foster
Character: Angela Klatt
Turhan Bey
Character: Franz Munzer

Gale Sondergaard
Character: Luise
Thomas Gomez
Character: Count Seebruck
June Vincent
Character: Marcellina

George Dolenz
Character: Amato Roselli
Ludwig Stössel
Character: Carl Baumann
Jane Farrar
Character: Jarmila Vadek

Ernö Verebes
Character: Brunn
Lotte Stein
Character: Mama Hinzl
Scotty Beckett
Character: The King

William Edmunds
Character: Leon, Theatre Concierge
Maxwell Hayes
Character: Count Romburg
Dorothy Lawrence
Character: Miss Metzger

Bella Lewitzky
Character: Dancer (Uncredited)
Jack Richardson
Character: Musical Conductor (Uncredited)
Polly Bailey
Character: Cleaning Woman (Uncredited)

Stuart Holmes
Character: King's Consul (Uncredited)
Eddie Polo
Character: Stagehand (Uncredited)
Paul Power
Character: Reporter (Uncredited)

Ernie Adams
Character: Man in Audience Next to Franz (Uncredited)
Gertrude Astor
Character: Woman in Audience Behind Franz (Uncredited)
Grace Cunard
Character: Backstage Maid (Uncredited)

William Desmond
Character: Backstage Technician (Uncredited)
Francis Ford
Character: Backstage Attendant (Uncredited)
Louis Payne
Character: Audience Member (Uncredited)

Anne Cornwall
Character: Audience Member (Uncredited)
Rudy Bowman
Character: Audience Member (Uncredited)
William H. O'Brien
Character: Audience Member (Uncredited)

Helen Gibson
Character: Audience Member (Uncredited)
Maurice Costello
Character: Audience Member (Uncredited)
Harry Mayo
Character: Audience Member (Uncredited)

Richard Neill
Character: Audience Member (Uncredited)
Eric Mayne
Character: Audience Member (Uncredited)
Barry Regan
Character: Audience Member (Uncredited)


Production and Crew

Edward Locke
Theatre Play
Lynn Starling
Screenplay
Curt Siodmak
Adaptation

Curt Siodmak
Screenplay
Russell A. Gausman
Set Decoration
W. Howard Greene
Director of Photography

John B. Goodman
Art Direction

Ira Webb
Set Decoration
Joseph Gershenson
Executive Producer
Edward Ward
Original Music Composer

Vera West
Costume Design
Hal Mohr
Director of Photography
Alexander Golitzen
Art Direction

Jack Pierce
Makeup Artist
Bernard B. Brown
Sound Director

John P. Fulton
Visual Effects
Edward Ward
Music Director
Harold Zweifel
Orchestrator