"Artists and Models tangle with murder and terror!"
A criminal psychologist treats an artist whose blackouts coincide with a series of murders.
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The people behind it
Warner Baxter
Dr. Robert Ordway
John Litel
Inspector Dawes
Dusty Anderson
Connie Mace
Coulter Irwin
Clive Lake
Miles Mander
Frederick Malone
John Abbott
Jimmy Gordon
Arthur Aylesworth
Mrs. Lake's Attorney #2 (uncredited)
Jack Cheatham
The Turnkey (uncredited)
Eduardo Ciannelli
Nick Petroni (uncredited)
Franco Corsaro
Joseph Duval (uncredited)
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