The Drums of Jeopardy

3/1/19311h 5m

Theatrical Release (US)

~ AN OMEN OF DEATH...Every victim receives a warning before the mad scientist strikes ~

Overview:

A mad doctor is determined to take revenge on the family he believes is responsible for his daughter's death.

Director:

George B. Seitz

Status:

Released

Language:

English

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Revenue:

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Key words:

suicide
mad scientist
revenge
tragic villain
b movie
death of daughter
unwanted pregnancy
bolshevik
grieving father

Cast

Warner Oland

~ as ~

Dr. Boris Karlov

June Collyer

~ as ~

Kitty Conover

Lloyd Hughes

~ as ~

Prince Nicholas Petroff

Clara Blandick

~ as ~

Aunt Abbie

Hale Hamilton

~ as ~

Martin Kent

Wallace MacDonald

~ as ~

Prince Gregor Petroff

George Fawcett

~ as ~

General Petroff

Florence Lake

~ as ~

Anya Karlov

Mischa Auer

~ as ~

Peter

Ernest Hilliard

~ as ~

Prince Ivan Petroff

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Reviews (1)

CinemaSerf
Written 3 year(s) ago
6
Warner Oland proves there was life before "Chan" in this quite well paced drama about a scientist who is devastated by the death of his young daughter and fixated on revenge on the royal "Petroff" family whom he feels were responsible. The film is probably most remarkable because Oland's character is named "Boris Karlov", and there is some evidence that this character (though from an earlier iteration) was the inspiration for the stage name later taken by the must less enigmatically named William Henry Pratt! Back to this effort, and Oland works well as a baddie, helped by some decently atmospheric settings and lighting, and by a strong, amusing, performance from Clara Blandick as "Abbie". Technically, it's all a bit basic and the script could be doing with a bit of livening up, but it's still quite fun to watch and kills an hour easily enough.