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Lionel Atwill has 11 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1930s through the 1940s. 1 ranks in the Top 10%, led by To Be or Not to Be.
1943
Horror · Romance
During the Nazi occupation of Poland, an acting troupe becomes embroiled in a Polish soldier's efforts to track down a German spy.
Dir. Ernst Lubitsch · With Carole Lombard, Jack Benny, Robert Stack
One of the sons of late Dr. Henry Frankenstein finds his father's ghoulish creation in a coma and revives him, only to find out the monster is controlled by Ygor who is bent on revenge.
Dir. Rowland V. Lee · With Basil Rathbone, Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi
Dr. Peter Blood, unjustly convicted of treason and exiled from England, becomes a notorious pirate.
Dir. Michael Curtiz · With Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Lionel Atwill
When a nobleman is threatened by a family curse on his newly inherited estate, detective Sherlock Holmes is hired to investigate.
Dir. Sidney Lanfield · With Richard Greene, Basil Rathbone, Wendy Barrie
A wax sculptor opens a new museum years after he is severely injured during a fire that destroyed his original collection. The disappearance of both people and corpses coincides with this grand reopening and leads a reporter to start investigating.
Dir. Michael Curtiz · With Lionel Atwill, Glenda Farrell, Allen Vincent
After being resurrected by grave robbers, Larry Talbot searches for Dr. Frankenstein in the hopes of being cured of his lycanthropy. The mad scientist may turn out to be dead, but his monster is just waiting to be found…
Dir. Roy William Neill · With Lon Chaney Jr., Bela Lugosi, Patric Knowles
Deranged scientist, Gustav Niemann, escapes from prison and overtakes the director of a traveling chamber of horrors, soon reviving the infamous Count Dracula, the frozen Frankenstein Monster, and the Wolf Man.
Dir. Erle C. Kenton · With Boris Karloff, Lon Chaney Jr., J. Carrol Naish
Frankenstein's unscrupulous colleague, Dr. Bohmer, plans to transplant Ygor's brain so he can rule the world using the monster's body, but the plan goes sour when he turns malevolent and goes on a rampage.
Dir. Erle C. Kenton · With Cedric Hardwicke, Ralph Bellamy, Lionel Atwill
In the midst of World War II, Sherlock Holmes rescues the Swiss inventor of a new bomb-sight from the Gestapo and brings him to England, where he quickly falls into the clutches of the evil Professor Moriarty.
Dir. Roy William Neill · With Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Lionel Atwill
Sir Borotyn, a prominent Prague resident, is discovered murdered in his home, with all indications pointing to a vampire assault. The victim's friend, Baron Otto, and the physician who analyzes the body, are certain that the vampire is the mysterious Count Mora or his daughter. Receiving little help from the law, Professor Zelen, an expert in the occult, is called in to assist with their investigation.
Dir. Tod Browning · With Lionel Barrymore, Elizabeth Allan, Bela Lugosi
A scientist working on cures for rare afflictions, such as a bone softening agent made from molds to allow him to correct the spinal deformity of his nurse, finds the physical causes of lycanthropy in wolf-man Larry Talbot and of vampirism in Count Dracula, but himself becomes afflicted with homicidal madness while exchanging blood with Dracula.
Dir. Erle C. Kenton · With John Carradine, Onslow Stevens, Lon Chaney Jr.
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