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| Title: | The Mad Monster |
| Directed by: | Sam Newfield |
| Written by: | Fred Myton |
| Produced by: | Sigmund Neufeld |
| Music by: | David Chudnow |
| Cinematography: | Jack Greenhalgh |
| Edited by: | Holbrook N. Todd |
| Production | |
| Production: | Sigmund Neufeld Productions |
| Distributors: | Producers Releasing Corporation |
| Released: | May 15th, 1942 |
| Rating: | Approved |
| Running time: | 77 min. |
| Country: | USA |
| Language: | English |
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The Mad Monster is an American independent feature film of the werewolf and science gone wrong subgenres of horror. It was directed by Sam Newfield with a screenplay written by Fred Myton. It was produced by Sigmund Neufeld Productions and released theatrically in the United States on May 15th, 1942.
Cast[]
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Johnny Downs | Tom Gregory |
| George Zucco | Doctor Lorenzo Cameron |
| Anne Nagel | Lenora Cameron |
| Glenn Strange | Petro |
| Sarah Padden | Grandmother |
| Gordon DeMain | Professor Fitzgerald |
| Mae Busch | Susan |
| Reginald Barlow | Professor Warwick |
| Robert Strange | Professor Blaine |
| Henry Hall | Country doctor |
| Edward Cassidy | Father |
| Eddie Holden | Harper |
| John Elliott | Professor Hatfield |
| Charles Whitaker | Policeman |
| Gil Patric | Lieutenant detective |
Notes & Trivia[]
- The Mad Monster redirects to this page.
- The tagline for this film is "The blood of a wolf he placed in the veins of a man... and created a monster such as the world has never known!"
- There are a total of fifteen credited cast members in this film. Twelve of the cast members are male, leaving three female cast members.
- This interiors of the house shown in this film were shot at Chadwick Studios in Los Angeles, California. Another movie filmed here is the 1943 Satanic thriller Dead Men Walk.
- Actor Gordon De Main, who plays Professor Fitzgerald, is credited as Gordon DeMain in this film.
- Actor Ed Cassidy is credited as Edward Cassidy in this film.
- Actor Slim Whitaker, who plays a police officer, is credited as Charles Whitaker in this film.
- Actor Robert Strange is no relation to actor Glenn Strange. They just happen to share the same last name. Isn't that... strange?
- The Mad Monster has an audience score of only 5% on the movie review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes based on more than 250 ratings. It has no Tomatometer score.
- Actor Glenn Strange is also known for playing the Frankenstein Monster in Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein.
- Actor George Zucco is also known for playing Andoheb in The Mummy's Hand and The Mummy's Tomb.
- Actress Anne Nagel is also known for playing June Lawrence in Man Made Monster in 1941.
- The character of Sam Newfield from the 1981 horror film The Howling is named after director Sam Newfield.
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External Links[]
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- The Mad Monster at Wikipedia
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- The Mad Monster at Rotten Tomatoes