---
title: 'The Black Cat (1934)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Edgar G. Ulmer'
released: '1934-05-07'
runtime_minutes: 65
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Horror'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-black-cat-1934'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0024894/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Black Cat (1934)

1934 · 65 min · Drama, Horror · United States


## Synopsis

The Black Cat is a 1934 American pre-Code horror film directed by Edgar G. Ulmer and starring Boris Karloff and Béla Lugosi. It was Universal Pictures' biggest box office hit of the year, and was the first of eight films to feature both Karloff and Lugosi. In 1941, Lugosi appeared in a comedy horror mystery film with the same title, which was also named after and ostensibly "suggested by" Edgar Allan Poe's 1843 short story.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Edgar G. Ulmer](https://cinepixo.com/people/edgar-g-ulmer)
- **Screenplay:** [Paul Cain](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-cain)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Heinz Eric Roemheld](https://cinepixo.com/people/heinz-eric-roemheld)
- **Producer:** [Carl Laemmle](https://cinepixo.com/people/carl-laemmle)
- **Director of Photography:** [John J. Mescall](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-j-mescall)

## Cast

- [David Manners](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-manners)
- [Herman Bing](https://cinepixo.com/people/herman-bing)
- [Paul Panzer](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-panzer)
- [Luis Alberni](https://cinepixo.com/people/luis-alberni)
- [Harry Cording](https://cinepixo.com/people/harry-cording)
- [Bela Lugosi](https://cinepixo.com/people/bela-lugosi)
- [André Cheron](https://cinepixo.com/people/andre-cheron)
- [John Carradine](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-carradine)
- [Lois January](https://cinepixo.com/people/lois-january)
- [Albert Conti](https://cinepixo.com/people/albert-conti)
- [Boris Karloff](https://cinepixo.com/people/boris-karloff)
- [Julie Bishop](https://cinepixo.com/people/julie-bishop)
- [Egon Brecher](https://cinepixo.com/people/egon-brecher)
- [Lucille Lund](https://cinepixo.com/people/lucille-lund)
- [Henry Armetta](https://cinepixo.com/people/henry-armetta)

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