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The Terror is a american film of genre Thriller directed by Roy Del Ruth released in USA on 6 september 1928 with May McAvoy

The Terror (1928)

The Terror
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Released in USA 6 september 1928
Length 1h20
Directed by
OriginUSA
Genres Thriller,    Horror
Rating73% 3.673913.673913.673913.673913.67391

The Terror is a 1928 early American slasher film written by Harvey Gates and directed by Roy Del Ruth, based on the play of the same name by Edgar Wallace. This was the second "all-talking" motion picture released by Warner Bros. (The first was Lights of New York) This film was also the first all-talking horror film made, using the Vitaphone sound-on-disc system.

Synopsis

"The Terror", a killer whose identity is unknown, occupies an English country house that has been converted into an inn. Guests, including the spiritualist Mrs. Elvery and detective Ferdinand Fane, are frightened by strange noises and mysterious organ music. Connors and Marks, two men just released from jail, have sworn revenge upon "The Terror". Following a night of mayhem that includes murder, the identity of "The Terror" is revealed.

Actors

May McAvoy

(Olga Redmayne)Louise Fazenda

(Mrs. Elvery)Edward Everett Horton

(Ferdinand Fane)Alec B. Francis

(Dr. Redmayne)Matthew Betz

(Joe Connors)
And :
Otto Hoffman
Holmes Herbert
Joseph W. Girard
John Miljan
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