Juggernaut (1936 film)

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Juggernaut
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The DVD cover
Directed by Henry Edwards
Written by Alice Campbell
Cyril Campion
Heinrich Fraenkel
H. Fowler Mear
Starring Boris Karloff
Joan Wyndham
Music by W.l Tryel
Cinematography Sydney Blythe
William Luff
Editing by Michael C. Chorlton
Release date(s) Europe 1936
North America April 30, 1937
1943
Running time 64 min.
Country Flag of the United Kingdom United Kingdom
Language English
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Juggernaut is a 1936 mystery film, starring Boris Karloff and Joan Wyndham. Directed by Henry Edwards, it was based on the novel by Alice Campbell and was distributed by Julius Hagen Productions. It was also known as The Demon Doctor.

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[edit] Plot

Victor Sartorius (Karloff) is an ailing doctor working in Morocco. He teams up with Lady Yvonne Clifford (Mona Goya) in a plot to poison her husband, Sir Charles Clifford (Morton Selten), so he can collect the 20,000 pounds necessary to save his experiments and his funding. Roger Clifford (Arthur Margetson), the son of Sir Charles has also been marked for death. The only one who can stop the murder plot of Sartorius is Nurse Eve Rowe (Joan Wyndham).

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  • Boris Karloff - Dr. Victor Sartorius
  • Joan Wyndham - Nurse Eve Rowe
  • Arthur Margetson - Roger Clifford
  • Mona Goya - Lady Yvonne Clifford
  • Anthony Ireland - Capt. Arthur Halliday (as Antony Ireland)
  • Morton Selten - Sir Charles Clifford
  • Nina Boucicault - Miss Mary Clifford (as Mina Boucicault)
  • Gibb McLaughlin - Jacques (servant)
  • J. H. Roberts - Chalmers (butler) (as H.H. Roberts)
  • Victor Rietti - Dr. Bousquet

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