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Starring Nancy Carroll, Frank Morgan, Paul Lukas and Gloria Stuart, The Kiss Before the Mirror is a riveting Pre-Code thriller from acclaimed director James Whale (Frankenstein). When Walter Bernsdorf (Lukas) kills his wife (Stuart) for having an affair, lawyer Paul Held (Morgan) takes on the case. Suggesting that Walter could be acquitted by means of temporary insanity, Paul not only realizes that this defense may work but that also some of the behavioral patterns Walter's wife showed in regard to her infidelity also are appearing in his own wife, Maria (Carroll). Paul realizes that if this defense could work once, it might work a second time.
Original Release
05/04/1933
US Release
05/04/1933
Cast
Name | Character |
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Nancy Carroll | Maria Held |
Frank Morgan | Paul Held |
Paul Lukas | Walter Bernsdorf |
Gloria Stuart | Lucy Bernsdorf |
Jean Dixon | Hilda Frey |
Donald Cook | Maria's Lover |
Charley Grapewin | Schultz (as Charles Grapewin) / Schultz |
Walter Pidgeon | Lucy's Lover |
Wallis Clark | Public Prosecutor |
May Boley | Busybody in Courtroom |
Directors
Writers
Ladislas Fodor, William Anthony McGuire, Emil Forst
Cast
Name | Character |
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Nancy Carroll | Maria Held |
Frank Morgan | Paul Held |
Paul Lukas | Walter Bernsdorf |
Gloria Stuart | Lucy Bernsdorf |
Jean Dixon | Hilda Frey |
Donald Cook | Maria's Lover |
Charley Grapewin | Schultz (as Charles Grapewin) / Schultz |
Walter Pidgeon | Lucy's Lover |
Wallis Clark | Public Prosecutor |
May Boley | Busybody in Courtroom |
Christian Rub | Man on the Wrong Floor |
Reginald Mason | Judge |
Robert Adair | Courtroom Officer |
Ernie Adams | Man Seeking a Light |
Ted Billings | Courtroom Spectator |
Julie Carter | Liesl the Maid |
Clay Clement | Reporter at Trial |
Richard Cramer | Bill - a murderer |
Mary Gordon | Scrubwoman |
Colin Kenny | Court Clerk |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Carl Laemmle Jr. | Producer |