The Climax
The Climax
Release: 1944-10-20
·Runtime: 86m
·★ 5.5
Music
Horror
Thriller
Dr. Hohner, theatre physician at the Vienna Royal Theatre, murders his mistress, the star soprano when his jealousy drives him to the point of mad obsession. Ten years later, another young singer reminds Hohner of the late diva and his old mania kicks in. Hohner wants to prevent her from singing for anyone but him, even if it means silencing her forever.
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
Universal Pictures
Trailers & Videos
Cast
Thomas Gomez
as Count Seebruck
Scotty Beckett
as The King
Stuart Holmes
as King's Consul (Uncredited)
Rudy Bowman
as Audience Member (Uncredited)
Richard Neill
as Audience Member (Uncredited)
Susanna Foster
as Angela Klatt
Ernö Verebes
as Brunn
William Edmunds
as Leon, Theatre Concierge
Eddie Polo
as Stagehand (Uncredited)
Francis Ford
as Backstage Attendant (Uncredited)
Eric Mayne
as Audience Member (Uncredited)
Turhan Bey
as Franz Munzer
Ludwig Stössel
as Carl Baumann
Lotte Stein
as Mama Hinzl
Grace Cunard
as Backstage Maid (Uncredited)
Louis Payne
as Audience Member (Uncredited)
Boris Karloff
as Dr. Friedrich Hohner
June Vincent
as Marcellina
Jack Richardson
as Musical Conductor (Uncredited)
Jane Farrar
as Jarmila Vadek
Helen Gibson
as Audience Member (Uncredited)
Gale Sondergaard
as Luise
George Dolenz
as Amato Roselli
Ernie Adams
as Man in Audience Next to Franz (Uncredited)
Gertrude Astor
as Woman in Audience Behind Franz (Uncredited)
Maurice Costello
as Audience Member (Uncredited)
William Desmond
as Backstage Technician (Uncredited)
Anne Cornwall
as Audience Member (Uncredited)
William H. O'Brien
as Audience Member (Uncredited)
