Juggernaut Reviews

Sartorius (Karloff) is a doctor whose research into paralysis has left him penniless. He meets Lady Yvonne Clifford (Goya), the wife of elderly cotton tycoon Sir Charles Clifford (Selten). She wants her husband's money and Sartorius agrees to kill the old man in exchange for half his estate. Hired as the family physician, Sartorius gives Sir Charles a series of injections that slowly poison him. Sir Charles suspects what is happening and transfers his estate to Roger (Margetson), his son from a previous marriage. Lady Yvonne learns of the switch and she demands Sartorius kill both her husband and his son. However, Sartorius' nurse, Eve (Wyndham), who is in love with Roger, learns of the plan and tries to put a stop to it, despite the danger to her own life. This low-budget thriller was shot quickly at England's Twickenham Studios and is fairly routine--redeemed soley by Boris Karloff's fine performance. The third of three British-produced films Karloff starred in during the 1930s (THE GHOUL and THE MAN WHO LIVED AGAIN are the others), it is also the least interesting.