"An insane surgeon's obsession with an actress leads him to replace her wounded pianist husband's hands with the hands of a knife murderer--hands which still have the urge to throw knives."
Peter Lorre
as Doctor Gogol
Frances Drake
as Yvonne Orlac
Colin Clive
as Stephen Orlac
Ted Healy
as Reagan
Isabel Jewell
as Marianne (scenes deleted)
Sara Haden
as Marie
Edward Brophy
as Rollo
Henry Kolker
as Prefect Rosset
Keye Luke
as Dr. Wong
May Beatty
as Françoise
Ian Wolfe
as Henry Orlac, Stephen Orlac's Stepfather (Uncredited)
Edward Lippy
as Pierre, Henry Orlac's Clerk (Uncredited)
Frank Darien
as Lavin, Waxwork Proprietor (Uncredited)
Murray Kinnell
as Charles, Theatre Official (Uncredited)
Rollo Lloyd
as Varsac, Fingerprint Expert (Uncredited)
Charles Trowbridge
as Dr. Marbeau (Uncredited)
Nell Craig
as Suzanne (Uncredited)
Robert Emmett Keane
as Raoul (Uncredited)
Agostino Borgato
as Stage Doorman (Uncredited)
Billy Gilbert
as Autograph Seeker on Train (Uncredited)
Hooper Atchley
as Train Conductor (Uncredited)
Maurice Brierre
as Taxi Driver (Uncredited)
Julie Carter
as Nurse (Uncredited)
Harvey Clark
as Station Master (Uncredited)
Michael Mark
as Execution Official (Uncredited)
Alphonse Ethier
as Assistant Prefect (Uncredited)
Matty Roubert
as Newsboy (Uncredited)
Otto Hoffman
as Blind Man (Uncredited)
Cora Sue Collins
as Crippled Girl (Uncredited)
Sarah Padden
as Crippled Girl's Mother (Uncredited)
Mike Cantwell
as Man (Uncredited)
Bernard Siegel
Kay English
as Woman (Uncredited)
Edward Norris
as Man Outside Theatre of Horror (Uncredited)
Mary Jo Mathews
as Woman Outside Theatre of Horror (Uncredited)
Russ Powell
as Gendarme (Uncredited)
Rolfe Sedan
Sam Ash
as Detective Arresting Stephen (Uncredited)
Roger Gray
Christian J. Frank
as Detective Escorting Rollo on Train (Uncredited)
Robert Graves
Earl Pingree
as Detective Interviewing Henry Orlac's Clerk (Uncredited)
Theodore Lorch
as Actor at Party (Uncredited)
Carl Stockdale
as Actor as 'The Rotary' (Uncredited)
Ramsay Hill
as Actor as 'Duke' (Uncredited)
Marc Loebell
as Actor as 'Prince' (Uncredited)
Jacques Vanaire
as Police Broadcaster (Uncredited)
Monte Vandergrift
as Audience Member (Uncredited)
Clarence Wilson
as Piano Creditor (Uncredited)
John L. Balderston
Screenplay
Karl Freund
Director
Maurice Renard
Novel
P.J. Wolfson
Florence Crewe-Jones
Adaptation
David Snell
Original Music Composer
Gregg Toland
Director of Photography
Chester A. Lyons
Norbert A. Myles
Makeup Artist
Dolph Zimmer
Assistant Director
Dolly Tree
Costume Design
Hugh Wynn
Editor
John W. Considine Jr.
Producer
Dimitri Tiomkin
Cedric Gibbons
Art Direction
Douglas Shearer
Sound Director
Leonid Raab
Orchestrator
Jack Virgil
William A. Horning
Charles Maxwell
Paul Marquardt
Edwin B. Willis
R. H. Bassett
Oscar Radin
Music Director