The Climax

The screen's classic of suspense!

86 mins
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.

Boris Karloff

Dr. Friedrich Hohner

Susanna Foster

Angela Klatt

Turhan Bey

Franz Munzer

Thomas Gomez

Count Seebruck

June Vincent

Marcellina

George Dolenz

Amato Roselli

Ludwig Stössel

Carl Baumann

Jane Farrar

Jarmila Vadek

Lotte Stein

Mama Hinzl

William Edmunds

Leon, Theatre Concierge

Maxwell Hayes

Count Romburg

Dorothy Lawrence

Miss Metzger

Bella Lewitzky

Dancer (Uncredited)

Jack Richardson

Musical Conductor (Uncredited)

Polly Bailey

Cleaning Woman (Uncredited)

Stuart Holmes

King's Consul (Uncredited)

Eddie Polo

Stagehand (Uncredited)

Paul Power

Reporter (Uncredited)

Ernie Adams

Man in Audience Next to Franz (Uncredited)

Gertrude Astor

Woman in Audience Behind Franz (Uncredited)

Grace Cunard

Backstage Maid (Uncredited)

William Desmond

Backstage Technician (Uncredited)

Francis Ford

Backstage Attendant (Uncredited)

Louis Payne

Audience Member (Uncredited)

Anne Cornwall

Audience Member (Uncredited)

Rudy Bowman

Audience Member (Uncredited)

William H. O'Brien

Audience Member (Uncredited)

Helen Gibson

Audience Member (Uncredited)

Maurice Costello

Audience Member (Uncredited)

Harry Mayo

Audience Member (Uncredited)

Richard Neill

Audience Member (Uncredited)

Eric Mayne

Audience Member (Uncredited)

Barry Regan

Audience Member (Uncredited)

Lynn Starling

Screenplay

Curt Siodmak

Adaptation

Curt Siodmak

Screenplay

Edward Locke

Theatre Play

John B. Goodman

Art Direction

Joseph Gershenson

Executive Producer

Russell A. Gausman

Set Decoration

Alexander Golitzen

Art Direction

W. Howard Greene

Director of Photography

Jack Pierce

Makeup Artist

Edward Ward

Original Music Composer

Ira Webb

Set Decoration

Vera West

Costume Design

Charles S. Gould

Assistant Director

Hal Mohr

Director of Photography

John P. Fulton

Visual Effects

Bernard B. Brown

Sound Director

Edward Ward

Music Director

Harold Zweifel

Orchestrator

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