The Creeper (film)
{{Short description|1948 film by Jean Yarbrough}}
{{Infobox film
| name = The Creeper
| image = The-creeper-movie-poster-md.jpg
| alt =
| caption =
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| director = Jean Yarbrough
| producer = Bernard Small
| based_on = {{Based on|An original story idea|Don Martin}}
| starring = {{plainlist|* Eduardo Ciannelli
| cinematography = George Robinson
| studio = Reliance Pictures, Inc.
| distributor = Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp.
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|1948|9|}}
| runtime = 64 minutes
| country = United States{{cite web|url=https://catalog.afi.com/Film/25504-THE-CREEPER?sid=a89de736-8a72-40ae-9f23-89012afa7743&sr=7.031813&cp=1&pos=0|publisher=American Film Institute|title=The Creeper|accessdate=July 5, 2020}}
| language = English
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The Creeper is a 1948 American horror film directed by Jean Yarbrough. The film stars Onslow Stevens as a mad doctor whose serum turns a man into a catlike killer.
Plot
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Two scientists on an expedition to the West Indies discover a serum which changes humans into cats, or, more precisely, into catlike killers. One believes they should continue with their experiments and the other does not, the disagreement costing the latter his life. Several deaths occur before the first scientist is halted in his mad plans.
Cast
{{cast listing|
- Eduardo Ciannelli as Dr. Van Glock
- Onslow Stevens as Dr. Borden
- June Vincent as Gwen Runstrom
- Ralph Morgan as Dr. Lester Cavigny
- Janis Wilson as Nora Cavigny
- John Baragrey as Dr. John Reade
- Richard Lane as Inspector Fenwick
- Philip Ahn as Ah Wong
- Lotte Stein as Nurse
- Ralph Peters as Porter
- David Hoffman as Andre Dussaud}}
Production
Release
The Creeper was distributed theatrically by Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp. in September 1948. According to a March 1949 Hollywood Reporter article, radio writer Joseph Ruscoll sued Edward Small for using the title of Ruscoll's radio show, The Creeper for the film. The suit was settled for an undisclosed sum.
Reception
In a contemporary review, Dorothy Masters of New York Daily News described The Creeper as an effort "wasted in every phase, including story, performance and general production ... To further the bafflement, perfectly innocent people are given sinister mien. Three murders and a couple of near-misses don't improve the tale."{{sfn|Masters|1948|p=76}}
References
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=Sources=
- {{cite news|newspaper=New York Daily News|last=Masters|first=Dorothy|title=New York Dual is Below Par For This Week|page=76|date=October 6, 1948}}
- {{cite book|title=The Definitive Guide to Horror Movies|last1=Marriott|first1=James|last2=Newman|first2=Kim|authorlink1=James Marriott (author)|authorlink2=Kim Newman|year=2018|orig-year=1st pub. 2006|publisher=Carlton Books|location=London|isbn=9781787391390}}
External links
- [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0040254/ The Creeper] at IMDb
- [http://filmfanatic.org/reviews/?p=5330 The Creeper] at Film Fanatic
{{Jean Yarbrough}}
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Category:American science fiction horror films
Category:20th Century Fox films
Category:American independent films
Category:American mad scientist films
Category:American black-and-white films
Category:Films directed by Jean Yarbrough
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