3 Boris Karloff Films of The Silver Screen
Triple bill of Boris Karloff classics.
The Ape (1940)
Dr. Bernard Adrian (Boris Karloff) is researching a way to help a wheelchair-bound patient, Frances (Maris Wrixon), use her legs again. The only way he can achieve this is by procuring spinal fluid from a human. When an ape escapes from a circus, Dr. Adrian kills it in a confrontation and successfully uses its spinal fluid on Frances -- but he needs more. Using the ape's body as a suit, he kills townspeople in a crazed attempt to complete his plan.
Cast : Boris Karloff, Maris Wrixon, Gene O'Donnell, Dorothy Vaughan, Gertrude Hoffmann, Billy Bletcher, I. Stanford Jolley
Running Time : 62 mins
The Fatal Hour (1940)
When Captain Street discovers that his best friend is murdered, he calls upon detective James Lee Wong, who must stop the killer before more murders occur.
Cast : Boris Karloff, Grant Withers, Marjorie Reynolds, Jason Robards Sr., Charles Trowbridge, Frank Puglia, Lita Chevret
Running Time : 68 mins
Doomed to Die (1940)
A newswoman (Marjorie Reynolds) asks sleuth Mr. Wong (Boris Karloff) to look into the murder of a shipping tycoon.
Cast : Boris Karloff, Marjorie Reynolds, Grant Withers, Melvin Lang, Guy Usher, William Stelling, Catherine Craig
Running Time : 68 mins