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Cedric Hardwicke
Dr. Ludwig Frankenstein / Dr. Henry Frankenstein (ghostly image)
Ralph Bellamy
Erik Ernst
Lionel Atwill
Dr. Bohmer
Bela Lugosi
Ygor
Evelyn Ankers
Elsa Frankenstein
Lon Chaney Jr.
The Frankenstein Monster
Janet Ann Gallow
Cloestine Hussman
Barton Yarborough
Dr. Kettering
Doris Lloyd
Martha the Housekeeper
Leyland Hodgson
Chief Constable
Olaf Hytten
Adolph Hussman
Holmes Herbert
Magistrate
Richard Alexander
Villager at Council Meeting (uncredited)
Lionel Belmore
Councilman (uncredited)
Chet Brandenburg
Villager (uncredited)
Colin Clive
Dr. Henry Frankenstein (flashback) (uncredited)
Harry Cording
Mob Leader (uncredited)
George Eldredge
Constable (uncredited)
Dwight Frye
Villager at Meeting / Grave Robber (flashback) (uncredited)
Lawrence Grant
Mayor (uncredited)
Otto Hoffman
Villager (uncredited)
Brandon Hurst
Hans, Villager at Council Meeting (uncredited)
Michael Mark
Councilman (uncredited)
Jimmy Phillips
Boy Playing Indian (uncredited)
William Smith
Boy (uncredited)
Ernie Stanton
Constable (uncredited)
Julius Tannen
Sektal (uncredited)
Harry Tenbrook
Villager at Hearing (uncredited)
Glen Walters
Mother of Hungry Children (uncredited)
Janet Warren
Goose-herd (uncredited)
Teddy Infuhr
Boy (uncredited)

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A review by John Chard

Written by John Chard on Sat Oct 03 2015

Your father was Frankenstein. Your mother was lightning. Of course the problem with the Frankenstein sequels, of the Universal Studios kind, was that they had to follow the genre firework that was "Frankenstein (1931)" and the monolithic titan that followed that one in 1935, "The Bride of Frankenstein". These are tough acts to follow - still are actually! "Son of Frankenstein (1939)" managed very well, it had Basil Rathbone in it and Bela Lugosi giving great horror oomph as Ygor. Boris Karloff bowed out as the monster after that one, leaving an iconic legacy and an insistence that the mon...