The Dark Tower (1943)

10/18/1943Drama, Thriller1h 30m
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Overview

While working at a circus, a man hypnotizes a trapezist to kill her partner.

Top Billed Cast

  1. Cast 1

    Ben Lyon

    Phil Danton

  2. Cast 1

    Anne Crawford

    Mary

  3. Cast 1

    David Farrar

    Tom Danton

  4. Cast 1

    Herbert Lom

    Stephen Torg

  5. Cast 1

    Frederick Burtwell

    Willie Wainwright

  6. Cast 1

    William Hartnell

    Jim Towers (as Bill Hartnell)

  7. Josephine Wilson

    Dora Shogun

  8. Cast 1

    Elsie Wagstaff

    Eve Wainwright (as Elsie Wagstaffe)

  9. Cast 1

    J.H. Roberts

    Dr. Wilson

Herbert Lom is superbly pervasive in this drama about the hypnotic "Torg", who alights on a struggling circus run by "Phil" (Ben Lyon) and his brother "Tom" (David Farrar). He introduces them to a game-changing acrobatic act that soon has the crowds turning up in droves. As success starts to come, "Torg" seeks more from the pair, and from his high-flying partner "Mary" (Anne Crawford) and when they start resisting his demands, things start to take a some distinctly threatening turns. At times, it's got a really effective feel to it, this film - the cast work well together and Lom really has an...

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Original LanguageEnglish 

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