John Carradine

Jean Parker

Nils Asther

Ludwig Stössel

George Pembroke

Teala Loring

Sonia Sorel

Henry Kolker

Emmett Lynn

Iris Adrian

Patti McCarty

Carrie Devan

Anne Sterling

Harry Cording

Frank Darien

Eddie Hall

George Irving

Ethelreda Leopold

Martin Mooney

Leo Erdody

Eugen Schüfftan

Loretta Francel

Chris Beute

Angelo Scibetta

Raoul Pagel

Charles Stevens

Shirley Ulmer

Werner H. Furst

Edgar G. Ulmer

Jockey Arthur Feindel

Arnold Lipp

Leon Fromkess

Pierre Gendron

Paul Palmentola

Glenn P. Thompson

Carl Pierson

Milburn Morante

James Wade

John R. Carter

Crime

Thriller

Horror

Bluebeard

United States of America

CinemaSerf

This is quite a tightly knit, intricate, little murder mystery that centres around the murder of young women in Paris. Meantime, an enigmatic puppet master "Gaston" (John Carradine) encounters the young "Lucille" (Jean Parker). His interest in this young lady prompts a good old dose of jealousy from his sometime gal "Renee" (Sonia Sorel) whilst the third in their little gang "Francine" (Teala Loring) is dating investigating policeman "Lefebre" (Nils Asther). Money was clearly no object here - there wasn't any - but Edgar Ulmer has still managed to get a decent performance from Carradine as this mystery builds in a slightly predictable, but nonetheless engaging fashion. There are a few twists along the way to distract us, and the three ladies deliver quite efficiently when they are given decent dialogue. Sadly, that doesn't happen often enough - but the overall look and feel of this semi-gothic horror film is quite watchable and though i can't think I will ever remember having seen it in two weeks, I did still quite enjoy it for 70 minutes.

English

Bluebeard (1944)