Directed by Rowland V. Lee   Written by Mary Shelley   Wyllis Cooper   Cast Basil Rathbone ... Baron Wolf von Frankenstein Boris Karloff ... The Monster Bela Lugosi ... Ygor Lionel Atwill ... Inspector Krogh Josephine Hutchinson ... Elsa von Frankenstein Donnie Dunagan ... Peter von Frankenstein Emma Dunn ... Amelia Edgar Norton ... Thomas Benson Perry Ivins ... Fritz Lawrence Grant ... Burgomaster Lionel Belmore ... Emil Lang Michael Mark ... Ewald Neumüller Caroline Frances Cooke ... Frau Neumüller (as Caroline Cooke) Gustav von Seyffertitz ... Burgher Lorimer Johnston ... Burgher (as Lorimer Johnson) Tom Ricketts ... Burgher Dwight Frye ... Villager (unconfirmed) Uncredited Cast Ward Bond ... Policeman Betty Chay ... Undetermined Role Harry Cording ... Bearded Gendarme Jack Curtis ... Actor Jacob Dance ... Villager at Train Station Jack Harris ... Undetermined Role Russ Powell ... Webber - Burgher Clarence Wilson ... Dr. Berger Produced by Rowland V. Lee   Original Music by Frank Skinner

Additional Info Premiere: January 13, 1939 DVD Release: April 27, 2004 Blu-ray Release: September 13, 2016 Country: Distributor: Universal Studios Websites: Production Companies Universal Pictures (as Universal Pictures Company Inc.) Distributors Universal Pictures   (1939) (USA) (theatrical) Film Classics   (1948) (USA) (theatrical) (re-release) Realart Pictures   (1953) (USA) (theatrical) (re-release) Screen Gems   (1957) (USA) (TV) (syndication) (as Shock Theatre) MCA/Universal Home Video   (USA) (all media) (laserdisc) Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (UPHE)   (USA) (DVD) Rating Stats Overall Rating 7.1 / 10 Our Rating 5.0 / 10 Your Friends -- / 10 Male Users 5.0 / 10 Female Users -- / 10 Site Ranking #4,387 / 21,118 Ratings Breakdown Average 1 total rating Site Ranking #4,383 Desperation (2006) #4,384 Hellraiser: Deader (2005) #4,385 White Zombie (1932) #4,386 Waiting For "Superman" (2010) #4,387 Son Of Frankenstein (1939) #4,388 Wolverine And The X-Men: Season 1 (2009) #4,389 Ginger Snaps Back: The Beginning (2004) #4,390 See You Yesterday (2019) #4,391 Poker Face (2022)