Mad scientist Janos Rukh ( Karloff ) proves the existence of an unknown element Radium X and is invited by a couple of previously sceptical scientists , including Benet ( Lugosi ), on an African expedition to find it. Rukh goes off on his own and finds it but at a terrible cost in radiation poisoning. Benet temporarily stabilises him but worries about his state of mind. Benet takes possession of the element and the expedition deserts Rukh including his neglected wife who has a thing for the young navigator. Rukh follows them to Paris with revenge and destruction on his mind.
It's pretty good throughout .
Frances Drake ( as Diana Rukh )
Sex : No but she wears a fairly see-through gown for the first ten minutes
Death : Survives
Frances played many damsel in distress roles in the thirties and early forties. She married a son of the Earl of Suffolk and retired from hill to please his family. She died in 2000 aged 87.
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