The Wizard
The Screen's Greatest Thriller! More exciting than "The Bat," more thrilling than the "Gorilla," the "Cat and the Canary." It's some show---
NR 1927 · 60 min · ★ 8.0 · Mystery, Horror
A mad doctor sews human head onto gorilla's body.
Directed by Richard Rosson · Written by Andrew Bennison
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Edmund Lowe Stanley Gordon -
Leila Hyams Anne Webster -
Gustav von Seyffertitz Prof. Paul Coriolos -
E.H. Calvert Edwin Palmer -
Barry Norton Reginald Van Lear -
Oscar Smith Sam - P Perlie Marshall Detective Murphy
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Norman Trevor Judge Webster - G George Kotsonaros The Gorilla
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Maude Turner Gordon Mrs. Van Lear - R Richard Frazier
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