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The Raven is a american film of genre Science fiction directed by Lew Landers released in USA on 8 july 1935 with Boris Karloff
The Raven (1935)
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Add to a movie listThe Raven is a 1935 American horror film directed by Lew Landers (billed under his real name, Louis Friedlander) and starring Boris Karloff and Béla Lugosi. The picture revolves around Edgar Allan Poe's famous homonymous poem, featuring Lugosi as a Poe-obsessed mad surgeon with a torture chamber in his basement and Karloff as a fugitive murderer desperately on the run from the police. Lugosi had the lead role, but Karloff received top billing, using only his last name.
Almost three decades later, Karloff also appeared in another film with the same title, Roger Corman's 1963 comedy The Raven with Vincent Price, Peter Lorre and Jack Nicholson. Aside from the title and references to the poem, the two films bear no resemblance to one another.
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After Jean Thatcher (Ware) has been injured in a car accident, her father, Judge Thatcher (Hinds) and beau Jerry (Matthews) implore retired surgeon Dr. Richard Vollin (Lugosi) to perform a delicate operation to restore her to health. Vollin agrees and is successful; he befriends the spirited and grateful Jean, in the process revealing his passion for all things related to Edgar Allan Poe, including his homemade collection of torture devices inspired by Poe's works (such as a pit, pendulum with scythe, shrinking room, etc.), and identifying the raven as his talisman.Actors
Boris Karloff
(Edmond Bateman)
Bela Lugosi
(Dr. Richard Vollin)
Samuel S. Hinds
(Judge Thatcher)
Lester Matthews
(Dr. Jerry Holden)
Irene Ware
(Jean Thatcher)
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