The Climax poster

The Climax Cast & Characters

The Climax (1944) stars Boris Karloff as Dr. Friedrich Hohner, Susanna Foster as Angela Klatt and Turhan Bey as Franz Munzer. The horror movie was released October 20, 1944. Below is the full cast and crew.

1944 · 1h 26m 55 Audience

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Starring Cast

Key crew

Director

George Waggner

Screenplay

Lynn Starling , Curt Siodmak

Producers

Joseph Gershenson , George Waggner

Music

Edward Ward

Cinematography

W. Howard Greene , Hal Mohr

Editor

Russell F. Schoengarth

Costume design

Vera West

Full cast

36 cast members

Dr. Friedrich Hohner

Gale Sondergaard

Ludwig Stössel

William Edmunds

Leon, Theatre Concierge

Maxwell Hayes

Count Romburg

Dorothy Lawrence

Dancer (Uncredited)

Jack Richardson

Musical Conductor (Uncredited)

Cleaning Woman (Uncredited)

King's Consul (Uncredited)

Stagehand (Uncredited)

Reporter (Uncredited)

Man in Audience Next to Franz (Uncredited)

Woman in Audience Behind Franz (Uncredited)

Backstage Maid (Uncredited)

William Desmond

Backstage Technician (Uncredited)

Backstage Attendant (Uncredited)

Audience Member (Uncredited)

Audience Member (Uncredited)

Audience Member (Uncredited)

William H. O'Brien

Audience Member (Uncredited)

Audience Member (Uncredited)

Maurice Costello

Audience Member (Uncredited)

Audience Member (Uncredited)

Audience Member (Uncredited)

Audience Member (Uncredited)

Audience Member (Uncredited)

Crew by department

23 crew members

Directing

Bernard B. Brown

Charles S. Gould

Assistant Director

Director of Photography

W. Howard Greene

Director of Photography

Writing

Production

Joseph Gershenson

Executive Producer

Editing

Russell F. Schoengarth

Sound

Music

Original Music Composer

Art

Alexander Golitzen

John B. Goodman

Russell A. Gausman

Visual Effects

Costume & Makeup

Other

Harold Zweifel

Orchestrator