5 Score

1942 • 1h 12min • Approved • Horror, Mystery, Thriller

Night Monster

"What kind of a thing is it?!"

Kurt Ingston, a rich recluse, invites the doctors who left him a hopeless cripple to his desolate mansion in the swamps as one by one they meet horrible deaths.

IMDb 6.2

RT 60%

Director

Ford Beebe

Writer

Clarence Upson Young

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Bela Lugosi

Rolf

Lionel Atwill

Dr. King

Leif Erickson

Laurie

Irene Hervey

Dr. Lynne Harper

Ralph Morgan

Kurt Ingston

Don Porter

Dick Baldwin

Nils Asther

Agor Singh

Fay Helm

Margaret Ingston

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Bela Lugosi Rolf

Lionel Atwill Dr. King

Leif Erickson Laurie

Irene Hervey Dr. Lynne Harper

Ralph Morgan Kurt Ingston

Don Porter Dick Baldwin

Nils Asther Agor Singh

Fay Helm Margaret Ingston

Frank Reicher Dr. Timmons

Doris Lloyd Sarah Judd

Francis Pierlot Dr. Phipps

Robert Homans Captain "Cap" Beggs

Janet Shaw Millie Carson

Eddy Waller Jeb Harmon

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