The Climax
The screen's classic of suspense!
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- Thriller
- Horror
- Music
Overview
Dr. 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.
Keywords
- murder
- singer
- obsession
- singing
- based on play or musical
- opera
- hypnotism
- mad doctor
- opera house
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- October 20, 1944
- Original language
- English
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- Universal Pictures
- Cast
- Jane Farrar,Paul Power,Gertrude Astor,Grace Cunard,Bella Lewitzky,Richard Neill,Gale Sondergaard,Stuart Holmes,Maurice Costello,William Edmundsand 26 more
- Director
- George Waggner
- Producer
- Joseph Gershenson,George Waggner
- Cinematography
- W. Howard Greene,Hal Mohr
- Music
- Edward Ward
- Budget
- Not recorded
- Revenue
- Not recorded
- IMDb
- tt0036715