Experiment Perilous (1944)

  • NR
  • 12/18/1944 (US)
  • Thriller, Romance
  • 1h 31m

Who's in danger from whom? Who's crazy? Who can fathom the obscure motivations?

Overview

In 1903, Doctor Huntington Bailey meets a friendly older lady during a train trip. She tells him that she is going to visit her brother Nick and his lovely young wife Allida. Once in New York, Bailey hears that his train companion suddenly died. Shortly afterward, he meets the strange couple and gets suspicious of Nick's treatment of his wife.

Jacques Tourneur

Director

Warren Duff

Screenplay

Margaret Carpenter

Novel

Cast

George Brent's headshot

George Brent

Dr. Huntington Bailey
Hedy Lamarr's headshot

Hedy Lamarr

Allida Bederaux
Paul Lukas's headshot

Paul Lukas

Nicholas 'Nick' Bederaux
Albert Dekker's headshot

Albert Dekker

'Clag' Claghorn
Carl Esmond's headshot

Carl Esmond

John Maitland
Olive Blakeney's headshot

Olive Blakeney

Clarissa 'Cissie' Bederaux
George N. Neise's headshot

George N. Neise

Alec Gregory
Margaret Wycherly's headshot

Margaret Wycherly

Maggie, the Maid

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