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Dante's Inferno

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Mortimer Judd (Ralph Lewis) is a cold-hearted businessman who refuses to help his old friend Eugene (Josef Swickard) financially. The distraught, suicidal Eugene disappears, leaving Mortimer a copy of Dante's "The Inferno" to get Mortimer to change his ways. Mortimer reads the poem, but his behavior remains unchanged. As his life falls apart, he attempts to save his suicidal friend, but tragically he finds that he is too late -- and he is charged with murder.

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Robert E. Sherwood LIFE The Inferno, as we see it on the screen, is an effective picture; it is probably just about what Dante himself would have imagined if he had gone to Hollywood instead of to Hell. Oct 7, 2021 Full Review Iris Barry The Spectator Now that a powerful American producer, Mr. Fox, has attempted to film the Inferno, we can only sympathize with his crude if sincere desire to give something more dignified to the picture-theatres than their usual fare, and acknowledge that he has failed. Jul 11, 2019 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Mortimer Judd (Ralph Lewis) is a cold-hearted businessman who refuses to help his old friend Eugene (Josef Swickard) financially. The distraught, suicidal Eugene disappears, leaving Mortimer a copy of Dante's "The Inferno" to get Mortimer to change his ways. Mortimer reads the poem, but his behavior remains unchanged. As his life falls apart, he attempts to save his suicidal friend, but tragically he finds that he is too late -- and he is charged with murder.
Director
Henry Otto
Genre
Horror, Fantasy
Runtime
1h 3m