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OPEN CLASSIC CINEMA · 281

Bowery at Midnight

194260 minUnited States

Video edition: YouTube
Original language: English
This copy runs: 61:36
Subtitles: English

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Synopsis

A psychology professor leads a second life running a charitable mission under another name. The refuge supplies recruits for the criminal organisation he secretly controls. As the gang's activities grow, a doctor's interest in the dead introduces another threat beneath the disguise of benevolence.

Cast

Bela Lugosi

Professor Brenner, also known as Karl Wagner

John Archer

Richard Dennison

Wanda McKay

Judy Malvern

Tom Neal

Frankie Mills

DirectorsWallace Fox

Behind the scenes

The film emerged from Monogram's continuing series of Bela Lugosi projects. Its combination of criminal double identity and macabre experimentation gives the actor more than one form of menace to perform.

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Availability checked on September 10, 2026.

Photograph credit

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Bela Lugosi — Fortepan adományozó SALY NOÉMI · Public domain
John Archer — Film screenshot (Warner Bros.) · Public domain
Wanda McKay — Film screenshot (Producers Releasing Corporation) · Public domain
Tom Neal — Los Angeles Times · CC BY 4.0

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