The Climax
Music
Horror
Thriller
The screen's classic of suspense!
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.
1944-10-20
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Cast
Director
George Waggner
Boris Karloff as Dr. Friedrich Hohner
Susanna Foster as Angela Klatt
Turhan Bey as Franz Munzer
Gale Sondergaard as Luise
Thomas Gomez as Count Seebruck
June Vincent as Marcellina
George Dolenz as Amato Roselli
Ludwig Stössel as Carl Baumann
Jane Farrar as Jarmila Vadek
Ernö Verebes as Brunn
Lotte Stein as Mama Hinzl
Scotty Beckett as The King
William Edmunds as Leon, Theatre Concierge
Jack Richardson as Musical Conductor (Uncredited)
Stuart Holmes as King's Consul (Uncredited)
Eddie Polo as Stagehand (Uncredited)
Ernie Adams as Man in Audience Next to Franz (Uncredited)
Gertrude Astor as Woman in Audience Behind Franz (Uncredited)
Grace Cunard as Backstage Maid (Uncredited)
William Desmond as Backstage Technician (Uncredited)
Francis Ford as Backstage Attendant (Uncredited)
Louis Payne as Audience Member (Uncredited)
Anne Cornwall as Audience Member (Uncredited)
Rudy Bowman as Audience Member (Uncredited)
William H. O'Brien as Audience Member (Uncredited)
Helen Gibson as Audience Member (Uncredited)
Maurice Costello as Audience Member (Uncredited)
Richard Neill as Audience Member (Uncredited)
Eric Mayne as Audience Member (Uncredited)