''Infernal Machine'' is a 1933 American pre-Code

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directed by Marcel Varnel and starring

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and Victor Jory. The film was based on a novel by Karl Sloboda.The AFI Catalog of Feature Films:''..Infernal Machine''
Retrieved July 11, 2016 Released by Fox Film Corporation, the title is sometimes written as ''The Infernal Machine''. After finishing the film Varnel moved to Britain where he became an established director of

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Plot

A bomb planted on board a ship may go off at any moment, leaving the crew and passengers in suspense.

Cast

as Robert Holden *

as Elinor Green * Victor Jory as Alfred Doreen * Elizabeth Patterson as Elinor's Aunt *

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as Professor Gustabve Hoffman * Josephine Whittell as Mme. Albini * James Bell as Spencer * Arthur Hohl as Ship's Captain

References

External links

* * 1933 films 1930s thriller films Fox Film films Films directed by Marcel Varnel American black-and-white films American thriller films Seafaring films Films scored by Samuel Kaylin 1930s English-language films 1930s American films {{1930s-thriller-film-stub