The Mad Ghoul

The Mad Ghoul is a 1943 film about a university chemistry professor who experiments with an ancient Mayan gas on a medical student, turning the would-be surgeon into a murdering ghoul.
 * Directed by James P. Hogan. Written by Paul Gangelin.

A New Sensation in Horror!

Dr. Alfred Morris

 * [Lecturing to his class] We have lethal gases which are used for a definite purpose... to kill. The poison gas of the natives had a definite purpose, but it not bring death, though, but death in life... or, if you prefer, life in death.
 * [Responding to the corpse sitting up and pulling a gun on him] Reports of your death seem to be greatly exaggerated.

Other

 * Det. Garrity: Anyone in this town who gets into a cemetery tonight won't get out alive.
 * Sgt. Macklin: [to Isabel] Suppose he's two people, the man you love and the ghoul?
 * Egan (mortician): For goodness sake, whatever you do, don't mar the coffin!

Dialogue

 * Dr. Alfred Morris: I could use an assistant. How'd you like to spend your vacation helping me with my experiments at home?
 * Ted Allison: Would I? Say, there isn't a fellow in class who wouldn't give a leg to work with you in the lab!
 * Dr. Alfred Morris: [amused] Oh, that's rather more than the privilege is worth. You needn't give me a leg, just lend me a hand.


 * Scoop McClure: What kind of corpse do I make, Mr. Egan?
 * Egan (mortician): Very nice, very nice indeed... considering you have the disadvantage of being alive. Now if I was preparing you...
 * Scoop McClure: Never mind. That's one disadvantage I want to keep for a while.


 * Det. Garrity: [Regarding Eric] Nothing ghoulish-looking about that guy to me.
 * Sgt. Macklin: You can't tell about these musicians. A lot of them are pretty queer ducks.


 * Ted Allison: I can't help feeling a sense of evil in all this.
 * Dr. Alfred Morris: Moral concepts? I'm a scientist. To me there is no good or evil, only true or false. Work with one; discard the other.


 * Dr. Alfred Morris: [Shocked to find Ted destroying the formula] You fool! You madman! What have you done?
 * Ted Allison: I'm sending this evil back into the darkness!
 * Dr. Alfred Morris: Ted, you're mad! You can't do this!
 * Ted Allison: You're wrong, Doctor. There's nothing left of it now but you, and me, and this!

Cast

 * George Zucco — Dr. Alfred Morris
 * David Bruce — Ted Allison / The Mad Ghoul
 * Evelyn Ankers — Isabel Lewis
 * Robert Armstrong — Ken McClure
 * Turhan Bey — Eric Iversen
 * Milburn Stone — Police Sgt. Macklin
 * Rose Hobart — Della Elliot
 * Charles McGraw — Detective Garrity
 * Andrew Tombes — Mr. Eagan
 * Addison Richards — Gavigan
 * Gus Glassmire — Caretaker