Una Merkel
Aunt Margaret Wentworth
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The Mad Doctor of Market Street is a 1942 American horror film produced by Universal Pictures starring Lionel Atwill. [3] The film was a low-budget project that utilized the studio's contract players and gave rising director Joseph H. Lewis an opportunity to demonstrate his versatility with little production money. [4]
- United States
- Joseph H. Lewis
- 4 January 1942
- Universal Pictures Company, Inc.
The Mad Doctor of Market Street: Directed by Joseph H. Lewis. With Una Merkel, Lionel Atwill, Nat Pendleton, Claire Dodd. A mad scientist is forced to leave San Francisco when his experiments become known.
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- Comedy, Crime, Drama
- Joseph H. Lewis
- 1942-02-27
Color. Black and White. Theatrical Aspect Ratio. 1.37 : 1. Film Length. 5,503ft. A mad scientist is forced to leave San Francisco when his experiments become known. He lands on a tropical island, takes control and terrorizes the local populace. The survivor of a shipwreck washes ashore on the island, sees what is happening and determines to ...
- Joseph H. Lewis, Melville Shyer
- Una Merkel
Dr. Graham Benson, a crazed, mad scientist, whose experiments went from animals to people, continues his work aboard a ship, after been ran out San FRancisco, and thereafter on an island in the Pacific when he is one of the five survivors of a ship wreck. Death accompanies him steadily, sometimes by accident and sometimes by design.
The main problem with Mad Doctor of Market Street is the inclusion of youthful Una Merkel as the heroine's aunt, a role obviously intended for an older, less prominent actress. Obliged to radically alter and "beef up" Merkel's part, the screenwriters were forced to shortchange the rest of the picture, and as a result Mad Doctor of Market Street ...
Released February 27th, 1942, 'The Mad Doctor of Market Street' stars Lionel Atwill, Una Merkel, Nat Pendleton, Claire Dodd The movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 1 min, and received a user score ...
Cast (in credits order) complete, awaiting verification. Una Merkel. ... Aunt Margaret Wentworth. Lionel Atwill. ... Graham / Dr. Ralph Benson. Nat Pendleton.
