The Mad Doctor Of Market Street (1942) On DVD

Actor:           Lionel Atwill; Claire Dodd; Nat Pendleton; Una Merkel; Richard Davies                                                                                                                    
Director:      Joseph H. Lewis
Genre:          Horror
Year:             1942
Studio:          Universal
Length:         61
Released:    10/01/2014
Rating:          Not Rated (MPAA Rating)
Format:         DVD
Misc:              NTSC, Black & White
Language:    English
Subtitles  :    N/A

DESCRIPTION:

When Dr. Bensons experiments in suspended animation result in a mans death, he is forced to flee San Francisco with the police in hot pursuit. He boards a luxury liner to Australia but a shipwreck lands him and a handful of survivors on a remote tropical island. The island natives are NOT very welcoming until Dr. Benson demonstrates his godlike powers by reviving the comatose wife of the island chief. Now worshipped as a deity, the doctors ego rages out of control as he begins to focus on his master plan: Just as the natives worship me, so will the whole world. An ideal showcase for horror star Lionel Atwill, The Mad Doctor of Market Street (1942) is also notable as an early effort by cult director Joseph H. Lewis (The Big Combo, 1955).