Dr. Frankenstein and his monster both turn out to be alive after being attacked by an angry mob. The now-chastened scientist attempts to escape his past, but a former mentor forces him to assist with the creation of a new creature.
Frankenstein
Bride of Frankenstein
Son of Frankenstein
The Ghost of Frankenstein
House of Frankenstein
Boris Karloff
The Monster
Colin Clive
Henry Frankenstein
Valerie Hobson
Elizabeth
Ernest Thesiger
Doctor Pretorius
Elsa Lanchester
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley / The Monster's Mate
Gavin Gordon
Lord Byron
Douglas Walton
Percy Bysshe Shelley
Una O'Connor
Minnie
E. E. Clive
Burgomaster
Lucien Prival
Butler
O. P. Heggie
Hermit
Dwight Frye
Karl
Reginald Barlow
Hans
Mary Gordon
Hans' Wife
Anne Darling
Shepherdess
Ted Billings
Ludwig
Billy Barty
Baby (uncredited)
Robert Adair
Hunter in Woods (uncredited)
Norman Ainsley
Archbishop (uncredited)
Frank Benson
Villager (uncredited)
Maurice Black
Gypsy (uncredited)
Walter Brennan
Peasant (uncredited)
Mae Bruce
A.S. Byron
King Homunculus (uncredited)
John Carradine
Lost Hunter at Hermit's Cottage (uncredited)
D'Arcy Corrigan
Procession Leader (uncredited)
Grace Cunard
J. Gunnis Davis
Uncle Glutz (uncredited)
Marie DeForrest
Ballerina (uncredited)
Elspeth Dudgeon
Gypsy's Mother (uncredited)
Helen Jerome Eddy
Gypsy's Wife (uncredited)
Neil Fitzgerald
Rudy (uncredited)
Brenda Fowler
Mother (uncredited)
John George
Helen Gibson
Marilyn Harris
Girl (uncredited)
Carmencita Johnson
Friend of Murdered Girl (uncredited)
Rollo Lloyd
Neighbor (uncredited)
Murdock MacQuarrie
Sympathetic Villager (uncredited)
Josephine McKim
Little Mermaid (uncredited)
Torben Meyer
Victim in flashback (uncredited)
Edwin Mordant
Coroner (uncredited)
Charles Murphy
Guard (uncredited)
Joseph North
Servant (uncredited)
Helen Parrish
Communion Girl (uncredited)
Edward Peil Sr.
Tempe Pigott
Auntie Glutz (uncredited)
Sarah Schwartz
Marta (uncredited)
Peter Shaw
Devil (uncredited)
Mary Stewart
Frank Terry
Anders Van Haden
Dorothy Vernon
Maid (uncredited)
Lucio Villegas
Priest (uncredited)
Joan Woodbury
Queen Homunculus (uncredited)
Carl Laemmle Jr.
Producer
Franz Waxman
Original Music Composer
Ted J. Kent
Editor
John J. Mescall
Director of Photography
James Whale
Director
John P. Fulton
Special Effects
Otto Lederer
Assistant Makeup Artist
Robert Florey
Story
Gilbert Kurland
Sound Supervisor
William Hedgcock
Sound Engineer
Irma Kusely
Hairstylist
Edwin Wetzel
Sound Effects Editor
Mary Shelley
Original Story
Harry Mancke
Assistant Director
Josef Berne
Adaptation
Lawrence G. Blochman
R.C. Sherriff
Tom Reed
Additional Writing
Fred Frank
Morton Covan
Hair Setup
Cleo E. Baker
Visual Effects
Edmund Pearson
Screenplay
Ken Strickfaden
Special Effects Technician
Larry Aicholtz
Scoring Mixer
Joseph A. McDonough
Makeup Trainee
David S. Horsley
Special Effects Assistant
Alan Jones
Camera Operator
Philip MacDonald
William Dodds
Assistant Camera
Clifford Vaughan
Orchestrator
Abe Meyer
Music Coordinator
Oliver Wallace
Musician
Flo Brummel
Script Consultant
George DeNormand
Stand In
Monte Montague
Vera West
Costume Design
Charles D. Hall
Art Direction
William Hurlbut
Maurice Pivar
Supervising Film Editor
John L. Balderston
Jack Pierce
Makeup Artist
Fred Stoll
Grip
Jack Cosgrove
Matte Painter
Russell Lawson
Music Supervisor
Louis Kaufman
C. Bakaleinikoff
Conductor
Script Coordinator
Carl Laemmle
Presenter