The Black Cat

(The Black Cat)

 Credits

Cast

Hjalmar Poelzig
Karloff (Boris Karloff)
Dr. Vitus Werdegast
Bela Lugosi
Peter Alison
David Manners
Joan Alison
Jacqueline Wells (Julie Bishop)
The Majordomo
Egon Brecher
Thamal
Harry Cording
Karen
Lucille Lund
The Sergeant
Henry Armetta
The Lieutenant
Albert Conti
Cultist
Virginia Ainsworth (*)
Train Steward
Luis Alberni (*)
Cultist
King Baggot (*)
Car Steward
Herman Bing (*)
Cultist
Symona Boniface (*)
Cult Organist
John Carradine (*)
Train Conductor
André Cheron (*)
Bus Driver
George Davis (*)
Maid
Anna Duncan (*)
Cultist
John George (*)
Brakeman
Rodney Hildebrand (*)
Cultist
Lois January (*)
Cultist Binding Joan
Michael Mark (*)
Patrolman
Tony Marlow (*)
Train Porter
Alphonse Martell (*)
Cultist Binding Joan
Paul Panzer (*)
Waiter
Albert Pollet (*)
Cultist
Peggy Terry (*)
Cultist
Harry Walker (*)
Stationmaster
Paul Weigel (*)

Director

Director
Edgar G. Ulmer

Writing credits

Writer
Edgar Allan Poe (Suggested by a story by credit only)
Screenplay
Peter Ruric
Story
Edgar G. Ulmer
Story
Peter Ruric
Contributing writer
Tom Kilpatrick (*)

Producer

Supervising producer
E.M. Asher (*)
Producer
Carl Laemmle Jr. (*)

Music

Music
Heinz Roemheld (*)

Editor

Editor
Ray Curtiss

Art direction

Art director
Charles D. Hall

Costume design

Costume designer
Edgar G. Ulmer (*)

Makeup department

Makeup artist
Jack P. Pierce (*)

Production management

Production manager
M.F. Murphy (*)

Assistant director

Assistant director
William J. Reiter (*)
Assistant director
Sam Weisenthal (*)

Art department

Set designer
Edgar G. Ulmer (*)

Sound department

Sound supervisor
Gilbert Kurland (*)

Visual effects

Matte artist
Jack Cosgrove (*)
Process photography
John P. Fulton (*)
Camera effects
David S. Horsley (*)
Matte artist
Russell Lawson (*)

Camera

Camera
John J. Mescall
Still photographer
Roman Freulich (*)
Second camera operator
King D. Gray (*)
Assistant camera
John J. Martin (*)

Wardrobe department

Costumer
Vera West
Costumer
Ed Ware (*)

Music department

Musical director
Heinz Roemheld
Music recordist
Larry Aicholtz (*)
Composer
James Huntley (*) (Stock music)
Music supervisor
Gilbert Kurland (*)
Conductor
Heinz Roemheld (*)
Musical arrangements
Heinz Roemheld (*)
Orchestrator
William Schiller (*)

Other crew

Presenter
Carl Laemmle
Script clerk
Moree Herring (*)
Dialogue director
Peter Ruric (*)
Assistant
Shirley Ulmer (*) (Tom Kilpatrick)
Supervising secretary
Peggy Vaughan (*)

(*) uncredited