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Mad Love

Mad Love

A new, a strange, a gifted personality comes to the screen!

19357.01h 8m

Overview

An insane surgeon's obsession with an actress leads him to replace her wounded pianist husband's hands with those of a knife-throwing murderer.

Directed by Karl Freund
Written by John L. Balderston, Maurice Renard, P.J. Wolfson
Produced by John W. Considine Jr.
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Top Cast

Peter Lorre

Peter Lorre

Doctor Gogol

Frances Drake

Frances Drake

Yvonne Orlac

Colin Clive

Colin Clive

Stephen Orlac

Ted Healy

Ted Healy

Reagan

Isabel Jewell

Isabel Jewell

Marianne (scenes deleted)

Sara Haden

Sara Haden

Marie

Edward Brophy

Edward Brophy

Rollo

Henry Kolker

Henry Kolker

Prefect Rosset

Keye Luke

Keye Luke

Dr. Wong

May Beatty

May Beatty

Françoise

Themes & Keywords

based on novel or bookobsessionsurgeonguillotinemad doctormurdererexecutionpianistknife throwinggrand guignolwax figurein love with someone's womandouble amputee

About Mad Love

Mad Love is a horror, romance film released in 1935 exploring themes of based on novel or book, obsession, surgeon, guillotine, mad doctor, murderer. Directed by Karl Freund, it stars Peter Lorre, Frances Drake, Colin Clive. An insane surgeon's obsession with an actress leads him to replace her wounded pianist husband's hands with those of a knife-throwing murderer.

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