Juggernaut (1936 film)

Juggernaut
Directed by	Henry Edwards
Written by	Alice Campbell Cyril Campion Heinrich Fraenkel H. Fowler Mear
Produced by	Edward L. Alperson Julius Hagen
Starring	Boris Karloff Joan Wyndham
Cinematography	Sydney Blythe William Luff
Edited by	Michael C. Chorlton
Music by	W.L. Trytel
Production company	Twickenham Studios
Distributed by	Wardour Films (UK) Grand National Pictures (US) Superior Pictures (Can)
Release dates	8 September 1936 (1936-09-08) (UK) 30 April 1937 (1937-04-30) (US)
Running time	64 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

Juggernaut is a 1936 British mystery film, starring Boris Karloff and Joan Wyndham. Directed by Henry Edwards, it was based on the novel by Alice Campbell and was distributed by Julius Hagen Productions. It was also known as The Demon Doctor.

Plot

Victor Sartorius (Karloff) is an ailing doctor working in Morocco. He teams up with Lady Yvonne Clifford (Mona Goya) in a plot to poison her husband, Sir Charles Clifford (Morton Selten), so he can collect the £20,000 necessary to save his experiments and his funding. Roger Clifford (Arthur Margetson), the son of Sir Charles has also been marked for death. The only one who can stop the murder plot of Sartorius is Nurse Eve Rowe (Joan Wyndham).

Cast

• Boris Karloff as Dr. Victor Sartorius
• Joan Wyndham as Nurse Eve Rowe
• Arthur Margetson as Roger Clifford
• Mona Goya as Lady Yvonne Clifford
• Anthony Ireland as Capt. Arthur Halliday (as Antony Ireland)
• Morton Selten as Sir Charles Clifford
• Nina Boucicault as Miss Mary Clifford (as Mina Boucicault)
• Gibb McLaughlin as Jacques (servant)
• J. H. Roberts as Chalmers (butler) (as H.H. Roberts)
• Victor Rietti as Dr. Bousquet

See also

• Boris Karloff filmography

External links

• Juggernaut at IMDb
• Juggernaut at the TCM Movie Database
• Download The Juggernaut ebook from Project Gutenberg