Dr. Frankenstein and his monster both turn out to be alive after being attacked by an angry mob. The now-chastened scientist attempts to escape his past, but a former mentor forces him to assist with the creation of a new creature.
Cast
Boris Karloff
The Monster
Colin Clive
Henry Frankenstein
Valerie Hobson
Elizabeth
Ernest Thesiger
Doctor Pretorius
Elsa Lanchester
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley / The Monster's Mate
Gavin Gordon
Lord Byron
Douglas Walton
Percy Bysshe Shelley
Una O'Connor
Minnie
E. E. Clive
Burgomaster
Lucien Prival
Butler
O. P. Heggie
Hermit
Dwight Frye
Karl
Reginald Barlow
Hans
Mary Gordon
Hans' Wife
Anne Darling
Shepherdess
Ted Billings
Ludwig
Billy Barty
Baby (uncredited)
Robert Adair
Hunter in Woods (uncredited)
Norman Ainsley
Archbishop (uncredited)
Frank Benson
Villager (uncredited)
Maurice Black
Gypsy (uncredited)
Walter Brennan
Peasant (uncredited)
Mae Bruce
Villager (uncredited)
A.S. Byron
King Homunculus (uncredited)
John Carradine
Lost Hunter at Hermit's Cottage (uncredited)
D'Arcy Corrigan
Procession Leader (uncredited)
Grace Cunard
Villager (uncredited)
J. Gunnis Davis
Uncle Glutz (uncredited)
Marie DeForrest
Ballerina (uncredited)
Elspeth Dudgeon
Gypsy's Mother (uncredited)
Helen Jerome Eddy
Gypsy's Wife (uncredited)
Neil Fitzgerald
Rudy (uncredited)
Brenda Fowler
Mother (uncredited)
John George
Villager (uncredited)
Helen Gibson
Villager (uncredited)
Marilyn Harris
Girl (uncredited)
Carmencita Johnson
Friend of Murdered Girl (uncredited)
Rollo Lloyd
Neighbor (uncredited)
Murdock MacQuarrie
Sympathetic Villager (uncredited)
Josephine McKim
Little Mermaid (uncredited)
Torben Meyer
Victim in flashback (uncredited)
Edwin Mordant
Coroner (uncredited)
Charles Murphy
Guard (uncredited)
Joseph North
Servant (uncredited)
Helen Parrish
Communion Girl (uncredited)
Edward Peil Sr.
Villager (uncredited)
Tempe Pigott
Auntie Glutz (uncredited)
Sarah Schwartz
Marta (uncredited)
Peter Shaw
Devil (uncredited)
Mary Stewart
Neighbor (uncredited)
Frank Terry
Lost Hunter at Hermit's Cottage (uncredited)
Anders Van Haden
Villager (uncredited)
Dorothy Vernon
Maid (uncredited)
Lucio Villegas
Priest (uncredited)
Joan Woodbury
Queen Homunculus (uncredited)
Crew
James Whale
Director
Flo Brummel
Script Coordinator, Script Consultant
R.C. Sherriff
Adaptation
Lawrence G. Blochman
Adaptation
Philip MacDonald
Adaptation
Josef Berne
Adaptation
Morton Covan
Adaptation
William Hurlbut
Adaptation, Screenplay
John L. Balderston
Adaptation
Edmund Pearson
Screenplay
Robert Florey
Story
Maurice Pivar
Supervising Film Editor
Ted J. Kent
Editor
John J. Mescall
Director of Photography
Fred Frank
Assistant Director
Harry Mancke
Assistant Director
Joseph A. McDonough
Assistant Director
Carl Laemmle Jr.
Producer
Alan Jones
Camera Operator
William Dodds
Assistant Camera
Vera West
Costume Design
Irma Kusely
Hair Setup, Hairstylist
Otto Lederer
Assistant Makeup Artist, Makeup Trainee
Jack Pierce
Makeup Artist
Edwin Wetzel
Sound Effects Editor
Gilbert Kurland
Sound Supervisor, Music Supervisor
William Hedgcock
Sound Engineer
Larry Aicholtz
Scoring Mixer
Ken Strickfaden
Special Effects Technician
John P. Fulton
Special Effects, Visual Effects
David S. Horsley
Special Effects Assistant, Visual Effects
Cleo E. Baker
Visual Effects
Franz Waxman
Original Music Composer
Abe Meyer
Music Coordinator
Oliver Wallace
Musician
Louis Kaufman
Musician
Jack Cosgrove
Matte Painter
Russell Lawson
Matte Painter
Tom Reed
Additional Writing
Carl Laemmle
Presenter
Fred Stoll
Grip
Mary Shelley
Original Story
C. Bakaleinikoff
Conductor
Charles D. Hall
Art Direction
Clifford Vaughan
Orchestrator
Monte Montague
Stand In
George DeNormand
Stand In
Peter Shaw
Stand In
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