Summary
Mad Love is an American horror film first released in 1935,
directed by Karl Freund.
The film stars Peter Lorre, Frances Drake, Colin Clive and Ted Healy.
It has also been released under the title: The Hands of Orlac.
Our overall rating for this film is: good.
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Credits
- Director: Karl Freund
- Script: Maurice Renard, Florence Crewe-Jones, Guy Endore, P.J. Wolfson, John L. Balderston, Leon Wolfson, Edgar Allan Woolf, Gladys Von Ettinghausen, Leon Gordon
- Photo: Chester A. Lyons, Gregg Toland
- Music: Dimitri Tiomkin, R.H. Bassett, David Snell
- Cast: Peter Lorre (Doctor Gogol), Frances Drake (Yvonne Orlac), Colin Clive (Stephen Orlac), Ted Healy (Reagan, the American Reporter), Sara Haden (Marie, Yvonne’s Maid), Edward Brophy (Rollo the Knife Thrower), Henry Kolker (Prefect Rosset), Keye Luke (Dr. Wong, Gogol’s Assistant), May Beatty (Françoise, Gogol’s Housekeeper), George Davis (Chauffeur (scenes deleted)), Billy Dooley (Undetermined Role (scenes deleted)), Harold Huber (Thief (scenes deleted)), Isabel Jewell (Marianne (scenes deleted)), Leo White (Undetermined Role (scenes deleted)), Sam Ash (Detective Arresting Stephen), Hooper Atchley (Train Conductor), Agostino Borgato (Stage Doorman), Maurice Brierre (Taxi Driver), Mike Cantwell (Man), Julie Carter (Nurse), Harvey Clark (Station Master), Cora Sue Collins (Gogol’s Lame Child Patient), Nell Craig (Suzanne, Nurse), Frank Darien (Lavin, Man Carting Statues), Kay English (Woman), Alphonse Ethier (Assistant Prefect), Christian J. Frank (Detective Escorting Rollo on Train), Billy Gilbert (Man on Train with Dog), Robert Graves (Detective Escorting Rollo on Train), Roger Gray (Detective Arresting Stephen), Ramsay Hill (Actor as ’Duke’), Otto Hoffman (Blind Man), Robert Emmett Keane (Raoul, the Drunk), Murray Kinnell (Charles, Theater Official), Edward Lippy (Henry Orlac’s Clerk), Rollo Lloyd (Varsac, Fingerprint Expert), Marc Loebell (Actor as ’Prince’), Theodore Lorch (Actor at Party), Michael Mark (Execution Official), Mary Jo Mathews (Woman outside Theater of Horrors), Edward Norris (Man outside Theater of Horrors), Sarah Padden (Mother of Lame Girl), Earl Pingree (Detective Interviewing Henry’s Clerk), Russ Powell (Gendarme), Matty Roubert (Newsboy), Rolfe Sedan (Traffic Gendarme), Bernard Siegel (Man), Carl Stockdale (Actor as ’The Notary’), Charles Trowbridge (Dr. Marbeau), Jacques Vanaire (Police Broadcaster), Monte Vandergrift (Audience Member), Clarence Wilson (Piano Creditor), Ian Wolfe (Henry Orlac, Stephen’s Stepfather)
- Country: USA
- Language: English
- Runtime: 68 min; B&W
- Aka: The Hands of Orlac
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