The Climax

1944    86m    Not Rated
5.420%54%
Dr. Hohner (Karloff), 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 (Foster) 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. The singer's fiancée (Bey) rushes to save her in the film's climax.
Directed By
George Waggner
Studio
Universal Pictures

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Cast of The Climax
  • Boris KarloffDr. Friedrich Hohner
  • Susanna FosterAngela Klatt
  • Turhan BeyFranz Munzer
  • Gale SondergaardLuise
  • Thomas GomezCount Seebruck
  • June VincentMarcellina
  • George DolenzAmato Roselli
  • Ludwig StösselCarl Baumann
  • Jane FarrarJarmila Vadek
  • Ernö VerebesBrunn
  • Lotte SteinMama Hinzl
  • Scotty BeckettThe King
  • William EdmundsLeon, Theatre Concierge
  • Maxwell HayesCount Romburg
  • Dorothy LawrenceMiss Metzger
  • Bella LewitzkyDancer (Uncredited)
  • Jack RichardsonMusical Conductor (Uncredited)
  • Polly BaileyCleaning Woman (Uncredited)
  • Stuart HolmesKing's Consul (Uncredited)
  • Eddie PoloStagehand (Uncredited)
  • Paul PowerReporter (Uncredited)
  • Ernie AdamsMan in Audience Next to Franz (Uncredited)
  • Gertrude AstorWoman in Audience Behind Franz (Uncredited)
  • Grace CunardBackstage Maid (Uncredited)
  • William DesmondBackstage Technician (Uncredited)
  • Francis FordBackstage Attendant (Uncredited)
  • Louis PayneAudience Member (Uncredited)
  • Anne CornwallAudience Member (Uncredited)
  • Rudy BowmanAudience Member (Uncredited)
  • William H. O'BrienAudience Member (Uncredited)
  • Helen GibsonAudience Member (Uncredited)
  • Maurice CostelloAudience Member (Uncredited)
  • Harry MayoAudience Member (Uncredited)
  • Richard NeillAudience Member (Uncredited)
  • Eric MayneAudience Member (Uncredited)
  • Barry ReganAudience Member (Uncredited)
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