Peter Lorre was under contract to Columbia Pictures. He agreed to be loaned out to MGM for this film if Columbia would do a film version of _Crime and Punishment (1935/I)_ with him in the role of Raskolnikov. The close-ups of the wax statue are actually Frances Drake in makeup. Easily recognized actors who are supposed to be in this movie according to studio records and/or casting call lists include Harold Huber, Isabel Jewell, George Davis, Billy Dooley and Leo White. However, they were ...[Read Story ]