Directed by Joe May   Written by H.G. Wells   Joe May   Curt Siodmak   Lester Cole   Cedric Belfrage   Cast Cedric Hardwicke ... Richard Cobb (as Sir Cedric Hardwicke) Vincent Price ... Geoffrey Radcliffe Nan Grey ... Helen Manson John Sutton ... Doctor Frank Griffin Cecil Kellaway ... Scotland Yard Inspector Sampson Alan Napier ... Willie Spears Forrester Harvey ... Ben Jenkins Uncredited Cast Ernie Adams ... Minor Role Jimmy Aubrey ... Plainclothesman Walter Bacon ... Fight Spectator Billy Bevan ... Jim Clara Blore ... Woman Stanley Blystone ... Minor Role Matthew Boulton ... Policeman Ed Brady ... Policeman Chet Brandenburg ... Miner at Colliery Louise Brien ... Dr. Griffin's Secretary Charles Brokaw ... Minor Role Jean Brooks ... Minor Role Tom Coleman ... Miner at Colliery Frank Coletti ... Minor Role Harry Cording ... Miner Saying 'Keep the Wig on Willie' Paul England ... Detective Rex Evans ... Constable Briggs Mary Field ... Passerby at Willie's House Edward Fielding ... Prison Governor Raoul Freeman ... Detective Mary Gordon ... Cookie, the Cook Sidney Grayler ... Minor Role Kit Guard ... Miner at Colliery Frank Hagney ... Bill Bobbie Hale ... Miner at Colliery Frank Hill ... Policeman Leyland Hodgson ... Chauffeur Hugh Huntley ... Secretary George Hyde ... Miner at Radcliffe Colliery Ellis Irving ... Miner at Radcliffe Colliery Boyd Irwin ... Minor Role Dick Johnstone ... Miner at Colliery Colin Kenny ... Plainclothesman George Kirby ... Miner at Radcliffe Colliery Bruce Lester ... Chaplain George Lloyd ... Miner at Radcliffe Colliery Jack Low ... Miner at Colliery Edmund MacDonald ... Miner at Radcliffe Colliery William Newell ... Minor Role Frank O'Connor ... Constable at Coal Train Alexander Pollard ... Footman Barry Regan ... Minor Role Frances Robinson ... Clinic Nurse Robert Robinson ... Miner at Colliery Ivan F. Simpson ... Mr. Cotton Harry Stubbs ... Constable Tewsbury Denis Tankard ... Miner at Radcliffe Colliery Cyril Thornton ... Policeman David Thursby ... Bob Crane Whitley ... Minor Role Eric Wilton ... Fingerprint Expert Produced by Ken Goldsmith   Original Music by Hans J. Salter   Frank Skinner

Additional Info Premiere: January 12, 1940 DVD Release: October 19, 2004 Blu-ray Release: August 28, 2018 Country: Distributor: Universal Studios Websites: Production Companies Universal Pictures (Universal Pictures Corporation) Distributors Universal Pictures   (1940) (United States) (Universal Pictures Coporation) (theatrical) Realart Pictures   (1947) (United States) (re-release) (theatrical) Screen Gems   (1957) (United States) (Shock Theatre) (syndication) (TV) MCA/Universal Home Video   (1997) (United States) (VHS) Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (UPHE)   (2015) (United States) (DVD) Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (UPHE)   (2017) (United States) (DVD) Rating Stats Overall Rating 6.5 / 10 Our Rating -- / 10 Your Friends -- / 10 Male Users -- / 10 Female Users -- / 10 Site Ranking #5,750 / 21,127 Site Ranking #5,746 The Walking Dead: Cold Storage (2012) #5,747 The Walking Dead: The Oath (2013) #5,748 The Walking Dead: Red Machete (2017) #5,749 Nothing Left To Fear (2013) #5,750 The Invisible Man Returns (1940) #5,751 The Deadly Spawn (1983) #5,752 Messengers 2: The Scarecrow (2009) #5,753 Ju-On: Origins (2020) #5,754 Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy (2010)