70 The Devil Commands ( 1941 )

Boris  Karloff  stars  again  as Dr  Blair , a  mad  scientist  trying  to  establish  contact  with  his  dead  wife  aided  by  a  sinister  fake  medium. That's  about  the  gist  of  the  plot  really  , even  with  a  voiceover  narration  from  his  daughter,  it's  all  a  bit  hazy  what  he's  actually  doing  apart  from  putting  corpses  in  robot  suits  and  unsettling  the  local  villagers.

Amanda  Duff  ( as  Anne  Blair )

Sex : No

Death : Survives

Anne  was  more  of  a  stage  actress  than  a  movie  star  and  this  was  her  last  film. She  died  in  2006  aged  92.

Anne  Revere  ( as  Mrs  Walters )

Sex : She  possibly  becomes  Blair's  mistress  but  there's  no  direct  evidence  for  this

Death :  She  dies  as  a   willing  participant  in  Blair's  great  experiment  probably  through  heart  strain

Anne  too  was  more  of  a  stage  actress  at  this  point  in  her  career  but  she  became  much  in  demand  as  a  character  actress  in  film. She  won  a  Best  Supporting  Actress  as  Liz  Taylor's  mum  in  National  Velvet  and  was  nominated  on  two  other  occasions. As  an  open  communist  her  film  career  was  largely  cut  short  in  1951  but  she  found  plenty  of  work  on  television. She  died  in  1990  aged  87.

Dorothy  Adams  ( as  Mrs  Marcy )

Sex : No

Death :  Killed  when  she  accidentally  activates  the  equipment  in  Blair's  laboratory  while  spying  for  the  local  sheriff. She  is  probably  electrocuted.

Dorothy  was  another  successful  character  actress  who  moved  into  television. She  died  in  1988  aged  88.

Shirley  Warde  ( as  Helen  Blair )

Sex : No

Death : Killed  in  a  collision  while  parking  the  car.

This  is  Shirley's  only  credited  role. She  later  wrote  an  episode  of  Fireside  Theatre.  She  was  only  13  years  older  than  her  screen  daughter. She  died  in  1991  aged  90.