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Son of Frankenstein
The black shadows of the past bred this half-man . . . half-demon ! . . . creating a new and terrible juggernaut of destruction !
( Horror / Sci-Fi )


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US Runtime: 99 min

Country of Origin: United States of America

Premiere Date:
Jan 13, 1939   [USA]
 
Director: Rowland V Lee   [Director]
 
Writer: Wyllis Cooper   [Screenplay]
 
Producer: Rowland V Lee   [Producer]
 
Cinematography: George Robinson   [Director of Photography]
 
Edited by: Ted J Kent   [Editor]
 
Music Composed by Frank Skinner   [Original Music Composer]
 
Costume Design: Vera West   [Costume Design]
Vera West   [Costume Designer]
 
Production Company: Universal Pictures   (US)   [as Universal Pictures Company Inc. )
 


Plot Summary:

    One of the sons of late Dr. Henry Frankenstein finds his father's ghoulish creation in a coma and revives him, only to find out the monster is controlled by Ygor who is bent on revenge.

Cast:

Basil Rathbone
Baron Wolf von Frankenstein
Boris Karloff
The Monster
Bela Lugosi
Ygor
Lionel Atwill
Inspector Krogh
Josephine Hutchinson
Elsa von Frankenstein
Donnie Dunagan
Peter von Frankenstein
Emma Dunn
Amelia
Edgar Norton
Thomas Benson
 
Perry Ivins
Fritz
Lawrence Grant
Bürgermeister
Lionel Belmore
Emil Lang
Michael Mark
Ewald Neumüller
Caroline Frances Cooke
Frau Neumüller
Gustav von Seyffertitz
Burgher
Lorimer Johnston
Burgher
Tom Ricketts
Burgher
 
 

Uncredited Cast:


Ward Bond
Gendarme at Gate (uncredited)
Betty Chay
Undetermined Role (uncredited)
Harry Cording
Bearded Gendarme (uncredited)
Jack Curtis
Actor (uncredited)
 
Fred Farrell
Villager (uncredited)
Jack Harris
Extra (uncredited)
Russ Powell
Webber - Burgher (uncredited)
Clarence Wilson
Dr. Berger (uncredited)
 
 

Stunt Crew:


Bud Wolfe
Stunts
 
 

Sound Crew:


Bernard B. Brown
Sound Supervisor
 
William Hedgcock
Sound Recordist
 
Charles Previn
Music Director
 
 

Special Visual Effects Crew:


John P. Fulton
Special Effects
 
 

Art Department:


Russell A. Gausman
Set Decoration
 
Jack Otterson
Co-Art Director
 
Richard H. Riedel
Art Department Manager
 
 

Directing Crew:


Fred Frank
Assistant Director
 
 

Camera and Electrical Department:


Arthur Gerstle
Assistant Camera
 
 

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