The Black Cat

Name: The Black Cat
Director: Edgar G. Ulmer
Released: 1934
Duration: 65 min
Rating: 6.9
Cast: Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi, David Manners, Julie Bishop, Egon Brecher

1934 · 65 MIN · IMDB 6.9 · 13,609 VOTES · DIR. Edgar G. Ulmer

Overview

After a road accident in Hungary, the American honeymooners Joan and Peter and the enigmatic Dr. Werdegast find refuge in the house of the famed architect Hjalmar Poelzig, who shares a dark past with the doctor.

Dialogue Timeline — 632 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:01:53 "Mr. and Mrs. Alison, Car 96, Compartment 'F'

00:03:21 which we reach at 2:00.

00:05:16 Certainly.

00:08:47 where Engineer Poelzig now lives

00:14:13 You sold Marmorus to the Russians.

00:15:48 you went to Karen

00:16:59 during the last years of the war.

00:19:15 He has an intense

00:21:10 Supernatural, perhaps.

00:22:37 Yes.

00:26:41 Very well, Vitus.

00:29:52 Is she not beautiful?

00:31:33 Until we are alone.

00:34:38 We were in the bus and we fell...

00:36:36 And we shall gather, and...

00:38:31 You don't like it.

00:40:08 Gaiety, if you want gaiety.

00:41:31 Pisthyan.

00:43:16 I'm sorry, sir, the car is out of commission.

00:45:33 Open the door.

00:50:08 the rites of Lucifer are celebrated.

00:52:39 Please!

01:00:58 Did you ever see an animal skinned, Hjalmar?

01:04:21 "In Triple Murder

Cast & Characters

Boris Karloff Hjalmar Poelzig Bela Lugosi Dr. Vitus Werdegast David Manners Peter Alison Julie Bishop Joan Alison Egon Brecher The Majordomo Harry Cording Thamal Lucille Lund Karen Henry Armetta The Sergeant Albert Conti The Lieutenant Virginia Ainsworth Cultist

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed632

Dialogue density9.7 lines / min

First line00:01:53

Final line01:04:21

Production Record

DirectorEdgar G. Ulmer

LanguageEnglish

Budget$95,745

Revenue$236,000

IMDb votes13,609