The Macabre Trunk

Sep 4, 1936

1h 19m

★ 5.4

Overview

A crazed scientist tries to keep his terminally ill wife alive by transfusing into her the blood of young women he murders.

Genres

Mystery

Horror

Science Fiction

Production Companies

Producciones Pezet

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Cast

Dr. Maximiliano Renan

Ramón Pereda

Dr. Armando del Valle

René Cardona

Dr. Monroy

Manuel Noriega

Alicia Monroy

Esther Fernández

Gonzalez

Ruperto Batiz

Virginia

Juanita Castro

Mozabu

Enrique Gonce

El mendigo

Victorio Blanco

Periodista

Victorio Blanco

Agente Gavilando

Juan García

Agent Mendez

Carlos López

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