The Human Monster

Insurance agent-physician collects on policies of men murdered by a disfigured resident of the home for the blind where he acts as doctor-on-call.

Cast

Bela Lugosi

as Dr. Feodor Orloff / Prof. John Dearborn

Hugh Williams

as Det. Insp. Larry Holt

Greta Gynt

as Diana Stuart

Edmon Ryan

as Lieutenant Patrick O'Reilly

Wilfred Walter

as Blind Jake

Arthur E. Owen

as Dumb Lou

Alexander Field

as Fred Grogan

Gerald Pring

as Henry Stuart

O.B. Clarence

as Prof. John Dearborn (voice)

May Hallatt

as Police Constable Griggs

Reviews

CinemaSerf

Bela Lugosi tries hard here, but he really can't quite hold it all together as the doctor who is indirectly collecting insurance policies held on men who are brutally murdered. We know from early on just who is doing the killing and just who is pulling the strings, so to a certain extent we are just...

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