The Climax
1944Dr. Hohner, theatre physician at the Vienna Royal Theatre, murders his mistress, the star soprano when his jealousy drives him to the point of mad obsession. Ten years later, another young singer reminds Hohner of the late diva and his old mania kicks in. Hohner wants to prevent her from singing for anyone but him, even if it means silencing her forever.
Acted in
Boris Karloff
as Dr. Friedrich Hohner
Susanna Foster
as Angela Klatt
Turhan Bey
as Franz Munzer
Gale Sondergaard
as Luise
Thomas Gomez
as Count Seebruck
June Vincent
as Marcellina
George Dolenz
as Amato Roselli
Ludwig Stössel
as Carl Baumann
Jane Farrar
as Jarmila Vadek
Ernö Verebes
as Brunn
Lotte Stein
as Mama Hinzl
Scotty Beckett
as The King
William Edmunds
as Leon, Theatre Concierge
Maxwell Hayes
as Count Romburg
Dorothy Lawrence
as Miss Metzger
Bella Lewitzky
as Dancer (Uncredited)
Jack Richardson
as Musical Conductor (Uncredited)
Polly Bailey
as Cleaning Woman (Uncredited)
Stuart Holmes
as King's Consul (Uncredited)
Eddie Polo
as Stagehand (Uncredited)
Paul Power
as Reporter (Uncredited)
Ernie Adams
as Man in Audience Next to Franz (Uncredited)
Gertrude Astor
as Woman in Audience Behind Franz (Uncredited)
Grace Cunard
as Backstage Maid (Uncredited)
William Desmond
as Backstage Technician (Uncredited)
Francis Ford
as Backstage Attendant (Uncredited)
Louis Payne
as Audience Member (Uncredited)
Anne Cornwall
as Audience Member (Uncredited)
Rudy Bowman
as Audience Member (Uncredited)
William H. O'Brien
as Audience Member (Uncredited)
Helen Gibson
as Audience Member (Uncredited)
Maurice Costello
as Audience Member (Uncredited)
Harry Mayo
as Audience Member (Uncredited)
Richard Neill
as Audience Member (Uncredited)
Eric Mayne
as Audience Member (Uncredited)
Barry Regan
as Audience Member (Uncredited)