The Mad Ghoul
1943 film by James P. Hogan
The Mad Ghoul is a 1943 film about a university chemistry professor who experiments with an ancient Mayan gas on a medical student, turning the would-be surgeon into a murdering ghoul.
- Directed by James P. Hogan. Written by Paul Gangelin.
Dr. Alfred Morris
edit- [Lecturing to his class] We have lethal gases which are used for a definite purpose... to kill. The poison gas of the natives had a definite purpose, but it not bring death, though, but death in life... or, if you prefer, life in death.
- [Responding to the corpse sitting up and pulling a gun on him] Reports of your death seem to be greatly exaggerated.
Other
edit- Det. Garrity: Anyone in this town who gets into a cemetery tonight won't get out alive.
- Sgt. Macklin: [to Isabel] Suppose he's two people, the man you love and the ghoul?
- Egan (mortician): For goodness sake, whatever you do, don't mar the coffin!
Dialogue
edit- Dr. Alfred Morris: I could use an assistant. How'd you like to spend your vacation helping me with my experiments at home?
- Ted Allison: Would I? Say, there isn't a fellow in class who wouldn't give a leg to work with you in the lab!
- Dr. Alfred Morris: [amused] Oh, that's rather more than the privilege is worth. You needn't give me a leg, just lend me a hand.
- Scoop McClure: What kind of corpse do I make, Mr. Egan?
- Egan (mortician): Very nice, very nice indeed... considering you have the disadvantage of being alive. Now if I was preparing you...
- Scoop McClure: Never mind. That's one disadvantage I want to keep for a while.
- Det. Garrity: [Regarding Eric] Nothing ghoulish-looking about that guy to me.
- Sgt. Macklin: You can't tell about these musicians. A lot of them are pretty queer ducks.
- Ted Allison: I can't help feeling a sense of evil in all this.
- Dr. Alfred Morris: Moral concepts? I'm a scientist. To me there is no good or evil, only true or false. Work with one; discard the other.
- Dr. Alfred Morris: [Shocked to find Ted destroying the formula] You fool! You madman! What have you done?
- Ted Allison: I'm sending this evil back into the darkness!
- Dr. Alfred Morris: Ted, you're mad! You can't do this!
- Ted Allison: You're wrong, Doctor. There's nothing left of it now but you, and me, and this!
Cast
edit- George Zucco — Dr. Alfred Morris
- David Bruce — Ted Allison / The Mad Ghoul
- Evelyn Ankers — Isabel Lewis
- Robert Armstrong — Ken McClure
- Turhan Bey — Eric Iversen
- Milburn Stone — Police Sgt. Macklin
- Rose Hobart — Della Elliot
- Charles McGraw — Detective Garrity
- Andrew Tombes — Mr. Eagan
- Addison Richards — Gavigan
- Gus Glassmire — Caretaker
External links
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- The Mad Ghoul quotes at the Internet Movie Database
- The Mad Ghoul at Allmovie