Scared to Death
“A thrilling mystery of a supernatural killer!”
A woman is married to the son of a doctor, the proprietor of a private sanatorium, where she is under unwilling treatment. Both the son and the doctor indicate they want the marriage dissolved. Arriving at the scene is a mysterious personage identified as the doctor's cousin who formerly was a stage magician in Europe. He is accompanied by a threatening dwarf.
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Cast
13 people
Bela Lugosi
Prof Leonide
Known for
Dracula
White Zombie
George Zucco
Dr. Josef Van Ee
Known for
The Mummy's Hand
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Nat Pendleton
Bill 'Bull' Raymond
Known for
The Thin Man
Manhattan Melodrama
Molly Lamont
Laura Van Ee
Known for
The Awful Truth
The Suspect
Joyce Compton
Jane Cornell
Known for
The Awful Truth
Christmas in Connecticut
Gladys Blake
Lilly Beth
Known for
Woman of the Year
Phantom of the Opera
Roland Varno
Ward Van Ee
Known for
The Return of the Vampire
The Blue Angel
Angelo Rossitto
Indigo
Known for
Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome
Freaks
Douglas Fowley
Terry Lee
Known for
Singin' in the Rain
From Noon Till Three
Stanley Andrews
Pathologist
Known for
Superman and the Mole Men
Meet John Doe
Lee Bennett
Rene the Killer
Also in
Coroner Creek
Stars Over Texas
Stanley Price
Autopsy Surgeon
Also in
Adventures of Captain Marvel
The Invisible Monster
Christy Cabanne Director · Walter Abbott Screenplay Carl Hoefle Composer
Budget $135K · United States release February 1, 1947 · Produced in United States
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Budget
$135,000
Production
Golden Gate Pictures
Production
United States
Produced in
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Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · December 18, 1946
Premiere
United States · February 1, 1947
Theatrical
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