QUICKIE: Our hero gets injected with acromegaly by the mad Dr.
PLOT: A mad scientist-Dr. Igor Markoff (J. Carrol Naish) injects a concert pianist, Anthony Lawrence (Ralph Morgan) with a disease that only he has the antidote for, which he trys to blackmail the pianist's daughter, Patricia (Wanda McKay) into marriage for.
SUMMARY: J. Carrol Naish is seriously creepy and evil as the demented "Dr." who injects our hero with acromegaly. Our heroine is rightly nervous and suspicous of him. After degrading into grotesqueness, Mr. Lawrence has no choice but to submit to the evil Dr.'s demands in order to get a cure. But of course, the mad Dr. is killed and all hope is lost for a cure, or rather not, as the Dr.'s assistant Maxine (Tala Birell) saves the day by curing him. Always the happy ending as the movie closes with Lawrence giving a concert again.
Love this condescending dialogue:
Mr. Lawrence: (tapping Pat's nose) You've been listening to too many horror radio programs lately. What you need is a good workout on a badminton court. Come on, run along.
Right. We all know nothing will break a sweat like a good game of badminton, and his daughter is 20 something, not six.
There's a good sub-plot of the long-suffering assistant who is in love with the kooky Dr. and her slow realisation that the Dr. is mad and will never love her, but trys to kill her instead by having a giant ape attack her. So, why in these movies do the girls always confront the lunatic with "I'm going to reveal you to the authorities" threats? Don't they know that you never confront a mad Dr., but gently reassure his ego while looking for an opportunity to quietly slip away, turn him in and join a witness protection program?
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