| The Raven | |
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| Directed by | Lew Landers |
| Screenplay by | David Boehm[2] |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Charles Stumar[2] |
| Edited by | Albert Akst[2] |
| Music by | Clifford Vaughan[2] |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Universal Pictures Corp. |
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Running time | 61 minutes[2] |
| Country | United States[3] |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $115,209.91 |
The Raven is a 1935 American horror film directed by Louis Friedlander (who started to be credited as Lew Landers the following year) and starring Boris Karloff and Béla Lugosi. Billed as having been "suggested by" Edgar Allan Poe's 1845 poem of the same title, excerpts of which are quoted at a few points in the film, it was adapted from an original screenplay by David Boehm. Lugosi stars as a neurosurgeon obsessed with Poe who has a torture chamber in his basement, and Karloff plays an escaped murderer on the run from the police who Lugosi manipulates into doing his dirty work.
Three decades later, Karloff appeared in another film with the same title, Roger Corman's comedy gothic horror The Raven (1963), with Vincent Price and Peter Lorre.
- ^ Nourmand & Marsh 2004, p. 178.
- ^ a b c d e Weaver, Brunas & Brunas 2007, p. 139.
- ^ a b "The Raven". American Film Institute. Retrieved June 13, 2020.