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Don Maxwell is a former vaudeville impersonator who's working as the lab assistant to Dr. Meirschultz, a mad scientist attempting to bring the dead back to life.
When Don kills Meirschultz, he attempts to hide his crime by "becoming" the doctor, taking over his work, and copying his appearance/mannerisms. In the process, he slowly goes insane.
The "doctor" treats a mental patient, Buckley, but accidentally injects him with adrenaline, which causes the man to go into violent fits.
In one of these fits, Buckley kidnaps a woman, tears her clothes off, and rapes her. Buckley's wife discovers the body of the real doctor and blackmails Don for turning her husband into a zombie.
The ersatz doctor turns the tables on her by manipulating the woman into fighting with his estranged wife, Alice Maxwell, a former showgirl.
When the cat-breeding neighbor, Goof, sees what's going on, he calls the police, who stop the fight and, following the sound of Satan the cat, find the body of the real doctor hidden behind a brick wall. (Wikipedia)
Movie Info
Starring: William Woods, Horace B. Carpenter
Directed by: Dwain Esper
Written by: Hildagarde Stadie
Based on: "The Black Cat" by Edgar Allan Poe
Produced by: Dwain Esper, Louis Sonney, Hildagarde Stadie
Cinematography: William C. Thompson
Edited by: William Austin
Production company: Roadshow Attractions
Distributed by: Hollywood Producers and Distributors
Release date: September 11, 1934
Running time: 51 minutes
Country: United States
Language: English