Claude Rains

Fay Wray

Mary Clare

Jane Baxter

Ben Field

Athole Stewart

C. Denier Warren

Felix Aylmer

Donald Calthrop

Frank Cellier

Margaret Davidge

Carleton Hobbs

Romilly Lunge

Graham Moffatt

Jack Raine

D.J. Williams

George Spence

Charles Bennett

Ernst Lothar

Maurice Elvey

Bryan Edgar Wallace

Glen MacWilliams

Alfred Junge

Michael Balcon

Paul Capon

Arthur Benjamin

Joe Strassner

Slim Hand

Mystery

Thriller

The Clairvoyant

Gaumont-British Picture Corporation

United Kingdom

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"Maximus" (Claude Rains) is a theatre trickster who, alongside his wife "Rene" (Fay Wray) scams audiences by pretending to be a mind reader. After one particularly shambolic performance, he runs into "Christine" (Jane Baxter) and discovers that he is a sham no more - and he has to adjust to the fact that he can actually see into the future. Rains is quite good in the title role. He has to adjust to his change in circumstances - not just his new found wealth and fame, but also when he discovers he doesn't just predict frivolous events too. After around thirty minutes, however, it all becomes a bit too much of a romantic melodrama. The initial, slightly comedic, performances are replaced by a rather dreary love triangle that rather subsumes the plot and distracts from he intensity of Rains performance. Pity, it's a clever concept.

English

The Clairvoyant (aka The Evil Mind, 1935)