Warner Oland stars as Dr. Boris Karlov. His daughter dies over a romantic relationship with an aristocrat, and Karlov vows vengeance on the entire family.
He forewarns them of their impending death by sending them a small part of a necklace called "Drums Of Jeopardy". Oland is cold and calculating thru the entire film, and he really knows how to take revenge.
His confrontation with Abbie Krantz (Clara Blandick) is priceless and it is ultimately her who brings about the madman's demise by causing him to fall into a river running underneath his laboratory. That is just one of many fun set pieces.
This is a very fast paced little thriller running a little over one hour so it really can't slow down. If you haven't ever seen this, I think you should. It's a great example of 30's horror/mystery and it proves that they didn't need a huge studio name to make a great film.
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