He plays Mr Kessler whose wife ( Betty Compson ) has driven off with her lover; every anniversary he arranges an anniversary dinner and talks to her as if she's there. Unknown to him they crashed and brain damaged , she is living in the cellar tended by Jules the gardener ( Ernie Adams ). Whenever she goes for a nocturnal ramble and Kessler spots her, he turns into a homicidal maniac with no memory of his actions the next day. When one of his killings leads to the execution of his daughter's lover Ralph , the man's twin brother ( John Dickson ) pops up to investigate what happened.
If you think none of that makes sense you'd be right and Lugosi apart, the acting is terrible. Dickson is wooden in both roles and George Pembroke as the detective plays his scenes with a ridiculous unlit cigar in his mouth.
Polly Ann Young ( as Virginia Kessler )
Sex : No
Death : Survives
Polly Ann was the eldest of the Young sisters. She had been a busy actress in the thirties but this was her final film as she retired on marriage. She died in 1997 aged 89.
Terry Walker ( as Cecile Mannix )
Sex : Cecile is the former lover of Ralph
Death : Strangled by Mr Kessler in what's a very nice bedroom to say she's just a housemaid.
Terry was originally Teresa Norberg from Alaska. She too was nearing the end of her career, She died in 1977 aged 64.
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