The Monster Maker (1944)
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The disfiguring disease of acromegaly-which grotesquely extends the bones and distorts one's facial features-was the "gimmick" in the PRC horror opus The Monster Maker. J. Carroll Naish stars as Markoff, a mad doctor who has no qualms about experimenting on human beings. Markoff's… More The disfiguring disease of acromegaly-which grotesquely extends the bones and distorts one's facial features-was the "gimmick" in the PRC horror opus The Monster Maker. J. Carroll Naish stars as Markoff, a mad doctor who has no qualms about experimenting on human beings. Markoff's unwitting victim is famed concert pianist Lawrence (Ralph Morgan), who is injected with the doctor's acromegaly-inducing serum. It is Markoff's intention to extort a great deal of money from Lawrence before providing an antidote-and also to win the hand of Lawrence's pretty daughter Patricia (Wanda McKay). Though the film is as lumpy and unconvincing as Lawrence's rubbery facial makeup, the flawless performances of those old barnstormers J. Carroll Naish and Ralph Morgan carry the day. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Sam Newfield
- Written By
- Pierre Gendron, Martin Mooney
- Genres
- Science Fiction & Fantasy, Horror
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Jan 1, 1944 Wide
- Studio
- Madison Pictures Inc.
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Cast
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J. Carrol Naish
as Dr. Igor Markoff
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Ralph Morgan
as Lawrence
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Tala Birell
as Maxine
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Wanda McKay
as Patricia Lawrence
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Terry Frost
as Blake
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Glenn Strange
as Giant
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Alex Pollard
as Butler
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Sam Flint
as Dr. Adams
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