Starring Charlie Ruggles, Lionel Atwill, Gail Patrick, Randolph Scott, John Lodge
Directed by Edward Sutherland
(actor & director credits courtesy IMDB.com)
A sportsman who captures wild animals he donates to a city zoo concocts a plot to use the zoo to dispose of his philandering wife's lover.
One of Lionel Atwill's best showcases is a memorable horror film with some daring scenes of pre-code violence, well-scripted by Philip Wylie and Seton I. Miller. Although comedic actor Charlie Ruggles is brought in to bring light moments to balance out the horror, this is Atwill's chance to shine, and he's chilling, exposing cold calculating expressions to the camera, and covering up his crimes and blaming them on the zoo's staff with righteous indignation. Adding to the menace is the convincing photography of real savage beasts, who are well integrated in the film, although the film's violent climax would definitely not be approved by PETA today. Other familiar faces in the cast include future western star Randolph Scott as the zoo's toxicologist and Island Of Lost Souls' Panther-Woman, Kathleen Burke, as Atwill's nervous wife.
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