JUGGERNAUT (1936) Boris Karloff, Joan Wyndham & Arthur Margetson | Mystery | B&W

Juggernaut is a 1936 British mystery film, starring Boris Karloff and Joan Wyndham. Directed by Henry Edwards, it was based on the novel by Alice Campbell and was distributed by Julius Hagen Productions. It was also known as The Demon Doctor.

SYNOPSIS
An evil doctor and the greedy wife of a rich man plot to poison him so they can get their hands on his money.

Victor Sartorius (Karloff) is an ailing doctor working in Morocco. He teams up with Lady Yvonne Clifford (Mona Goya) in a plot to poison her husband, Sir Charles Clifford (Morton Selten), so he can collect the £20,000 necessary to save his experiments and his funding. Roger Clifford (Arthur Margetson), the son of Sir Charles has also been marked for death. The only one who can stop the murder plot of Sartorius is Nurse Eve Rowe (Joan Wyndham).

CAST & CREW
Boris Karloff as Dr. Victor Sartorius
Joan Wyndham as Nurse Eve Rowe
Arthur Margetson as Roger Clifford
Mona Goya as Lady Yvonne Clifford
Anthony Ireland as Capt. Arthur Halliday (as Antony Ireland)
Morton Selten as Sir Charles Clifford
Nina Boucicault as Miss Mary Clifford (as Mina Boucicault)
Gibb McLaughlin as Jacques
J. H. Roberts as Chalmers (butler) (as H.H. Roberts)
Victor Rietti as Dr. Bousquet

Directed by Henry Edwards
Written by Alice Campbell, Cyril Campion, Heinrich Fraenkel, H. Fowler Mear
Produced by Edward L. Alperson, Julius Hagen
Cinematography Sydney Blythe, William Luff
Edited by Michael C. Chorlton
Music by W.L. Trytel
Production company Twickenham Studios
Distributed by Wardour Films (UK), Grand National Pictures (US), Superior Pictures (Can)
Release dates 8 September 1936 (UK), 30 April 1937 (US)
Running time 64 minutes
Country United Kingdom
Language English