The Monster and the Girl(The Avenging Brain ) (1941)
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One of the most schizophrenic films ever to come out of the Paramount "B" mill, The Monster and the Girl starts out as a white-slavery melodrama and ends up as a horror picture! Emerging from the fog, heroine Susan Webster (Ellen Drew) tells her woeful tale to the audience. A young… More One of the most schizophrenic films ever to come out of the Paramount "B" mill, The Monster and the Girl starts out as a white-slavery melodrama and ends up as a horror picture! Emerging from the fog, heroine Susan Webster (Ellen Drew) tells her woeful tale to the audience. A young innocent from The Sticks, Susan arrives in New York to seek work as an actress, but instead is tricked into a sham marriage with Larry Reed (Robert Paige). Awakening "the morning after", Susan is informed that her missing husband is not her husband, and that, as a fallen woman, there is only one avenue of livelihood open to her-as one of the "paid hostesses" in the stable of gangster Bruhl (Joseph Calleia). Learning of his sister's plight, church organist Scot Webster (Philip Reed) shows up in town to set things right, only to be framed for murder by Bruhl and his mob. After his execution, Scot's body is appropriated by mad scientist Dr. Parry (George Zucco), who hopes to transplant the dead man's brain into the body of a gorilla. Driven by impulses it can't resist, the big ape escapes from his cage to kill off all those responsible for Susan's ruin and Scot's death. Undeniably fascinating, The Monster and the Girl is also undeniably silly at times, especially in the opening scenes, in which the censor-plagued screenwriters work overtime not to overtly state that Susan Daniels has been forced into prostitution. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Stuart Heisler
- Genres
- Drama, Horror, Science Fiction & Fantasy
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Feb 28, 1941 Wide
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Cast
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Ellen Drew
as Susan Webster
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Robert Paige
as Larry Reed
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Paul Lukas
as W.S. Bruhl
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Joseph Calleia
as Deacon
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Onslow Stevens
as McMasters
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George Zucco
as Dr. Parry
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Phillip Terry
as Scott Webster
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Marc Lawrence I
as Sleeper
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Gerald Mohr
as Munn
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Tom Dugan
as Capt. Alton
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Willard Robertson
as Lt. Strickland
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Minor Watson
as Judge Pulver
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George Meader
as Dr. Knight
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Cliff Edwards
as Leon Stokes
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John Bleifer
as Janitor
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Harry C. Bradley
as Rev. Russell
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Rod Cameron
as Sam Daniels
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John Dilson
as Employment Clerk
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Emma Dunn
as Aunt Della
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Fern Emmett
as Woman Organizer
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Matty Fain
as Wade Stanton
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Charles Gemora
as the Ape
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Ruth Gillette
as Woman
- Jayne Hazard
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Al Hill
as Bruhl's Chauffeur
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Maynard Holmes
as Tim Harper
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Bud Jamison
as Tim the Doorman
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Ethelreda Leopold
as Party Girl
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Paul McVey
as Monarch Hotel Clerk
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Bert Moorhouse
as Henchman
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Anne O'Neal
as Miss Julia
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Emory Parnell
as Dumb Cop
- Al Seymour
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Oscar Smith
as Bootblack
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Frank M. Thomas
as Jansen
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Edward Van Sloan
as Warden
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Emmett Vogan
as Apartment Manager
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Eleanor Wesselhoeft
as Elderly Housekeeper
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Dave Willock
as Charlie the Photographer
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Abner Biberman
as Gregory
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Sammy Blum
as Popcorn Vendor
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Florence Dudley
as Madame
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Corbet Morris
as Claude Winters
