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Originally announced as He Lived To Kill, Night of Terror was based on Willard Mack’s story The Public Be Damned. Bela Lugosi plays a suspicious butler in this murder mystery. Filming took place from 2am-6am to accommodate Bela Lugosi’s daytime filming of International House. It is said that Lugosi accepted the punishing schedule as he was trying to work his way out of debt. He had filed for bankruptcy in October, 1932. The murder mystery was released to generally poor reviews.
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Production Company: Columbia Pictures
Producer: Bryan Foy
Director: Benjamin Stoloff
Screenplay: Beatrice Van, William Jacobs and Lester Nielson
Original Story: The Public Be Damned by Willard Mack
Cinematography: Joseph A. Valentine
Assistant Camera: Walter Rankin and Joe Raue
Editor: Artur Hilton
Technical Director: W.L. Vogel
Running Time: 61 minutes
Copyright Number: LP3811, April 17 1933
Cast:
Bela Lugosi: Degar
Sally Blane: Mary Rinehart
Wallace Ford: Tom Hartley
Bryant Washburn: Richard Rhinehart
Tully Marshall: John Rhinehart
Gertrude Michaels: Sara Rhinehart
George Meeker: Professor Arthur Hornsby
Mary Frey: Sika
Matt McHugh: Detective Bailey
Edwin Maxell: The maniac
Pat Harmon: Cab driver
Otto Offman: Professor
Eric Mayne: Professor John Andre
Dave O’Brien: Young victim
Oscar Smith: Martin the chauffeur
Richard Powell: Detective Dooley
Emma Tansey: Little old lady
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The Evening Independent, May 3, 1933
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The Lewiston Daily Sun, May 27, 1933
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he Lewiston Daily Sun, June 2, 1933
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The Miami News, July 21, 1933
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The Miami News, July 22, 1933
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Spokane Daily Chronicle, July 25, 1933
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Spokane Daily Chronicle, July 26, 1933
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Unknown French Magazine, November 1933
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Manchester United vs Porstsmouth programme, January 1934 Season
Posters
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Lobby Cards
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Glass Slide
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Stills
Bela Lugosi
Bela Lugosi and Mary Frey
George Meeker, Bela Lugosi, Sally Blane and Wallace Ford
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Sally Blane, Wallace Ford and Bela Lugosi
Tully Marshall and Bela Lugosi
Bela Lugosi and Mary Frey
Bryant Washburn, Bela Lugosi and Sally Blane