Riven

Boris Karloff

as The Monster

Colin Clive

as Henry Frankenstein

Valerie Hobson

as Elizabeth

Ernest Thesiger

as Doctor Pretorius

Elsa Lanchester

as Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley / The Monster's Mate

Gavin Gordon

as Lord Byron

Douglas Walton

as Percy Bysshe Shelley

Una O'Connor

as Minnie

E. E. Clive

as Burgomaster

Lucien Prival

as Butler

O. P. Heggie

as Hermit

Dwight Frye

as Karl

Reginald Barlow

as Hans

Mary Gordon

as Hans' Wife

Anne Darling

as Shepherdess

Ted Billings

as Ludwig

Billy Barty

as Baby (uncredited)

Robert Adair

as Hunter in Woods (uncredited)

Norman Ainsley

as Archbishop (uncredited)

Frank Benson

as Villager (uncredited)

Maurice Black

as Gypsy (uncredited)

Walter Brennan

as Peasant (uncredited)

Mae Bruce

as Villager (uncredited)

A.S. Byron

as King Homunculus (uncredited)

John Carradine

as Lost Hunter at Hermit's Cottage (uncredited)

D'Arcy Corrigan

as Procession Leader (uncredited)

Grace Cunard

as Villager (uncredited)

J. Gunnis Davis

as Uncle Glutz (uncredited)

Marie DeForrest

as Ballerina (uncredited)

Elspeth Dudgeon

as Gypsy's Mother (uncredited)

Helen Jerome Eddy

as Gypsy's Wife (uncredited)

Neil Fitzgerald

as Rudy (uncredited)

Brenda Fowler

as Mother (uncredited)

John George

as Villager (uncredited)

Helen Gibson

as Villager (uncredited)

Marilyn Harris

as Girl (uncredited)

Carmencita Johnson

as Friend of Murdered Girl (uncredited)

Rollo Lloyd

as Neighbor (uncredited)

Murdock MacQuarrie

as Sympathetic Villager (uncredited)

Josephine McKim

as Little Mermaid (uncredited)

Torben Meyer

as Victim in flashback (uncredited)

Edwin Mordant

as Coroner (uncredited)

Charles Murphy

as Guard (uncredited)

Joseph North

as Servant (uncredited)

Helen Parrish

as Communion Girl (uncredited)

Edward Peil Sr.

as Villager (uncredited)

Tempe Pigott

as Auntie Glutz (uncredited)

Sarah Schwartz

as Marta (uncredited)

Peter Shaw

as Devil (uncredited)

Mary Stewart

as Neighbor (uncredited)

Frank Terry

as Lost Hunter at Hermit's Cottage (uncredited)

Anders Van Haden

as Villager (uncredited)

Dorothy Vernon

as Maid (uncredited)

Lucio Villegas

as Priest (uncredited)

Joan Woodbury

as Queen Homunculus (uncredited)

James Whale

Director

Carl Laemmle Jr.

Producer

Franz Waxman

Original Music Composer

Ted J. Kent

Editor

John J. Mescall

Director of Photography

John P. Fulton

Special Effects

Robert Florey

Story

Irma Kusely

Hairstylist

Otto Lederer

Assistant Makeup Artist

Gilbert Kurland

Sound Supervisor

William Hedgcock

Sound Engineer

Edwin Wetzel

Sound Effects Editor

Mary Shelley

Original Story

Josef Berne

Adaptation

Lawrence G. Blochman

Adaptation

Philip MacDonald

Adaptation

Tom Reed

Additional Writing

R.C. Sherriff

Adaptation

Edmund Pearson

Screenplay

Morton Covan

Adaptation

Irma Kusely

Hair Setup

Otto Lederer

Makeup Trainee

Fred Frank

Assistant Director

Harry Mancke

Assistant Director

Joseph A. McDonough

Assistant Director

David S. Horsley

Special Effects Assistant

Ken Strickfaden

Special Effects Technician

Cleo E. Baker

Visual Effects

David S. Horsley

Visual Effects

William Dodds

Assistant Camera

Alan Jones

Camera Operator

Larry Aicholtz

Scoring Mixer

Abe Meyer

Music Coordinator

Clifford Vaughan

Orchestrator

Oliver Wallace

Musician

Flo Brummel

Script Consultant

George DeNormand

Stand In

Monte Montague

Stand In

Charles D. Hall

Art Direction

Vera West

Costume Design

William Hurlbut

Adaptation

William Hurlbut

Screenplay

John L. Balderston

Adaptation

Jack Pierce

Makeup Artist

Maurice Pivar

Supervising Film Editor

Peter Shaw

Stand In

Fred Stoll

Grip

Jack Cosgrove

Matte Painter

Russell Lawson

Matte Painter

John P. Fulton

Visual Effects

Gilbert Kurland

Music Supervisor

Louis Kaufman

Musician

C. Bakaleinikoff

Conductor

Flo Brummel

Script Coordinator

Carl Laemmle

Presenter