Herbert Lom is superbly pervasive in this drama about the hypnotic "Torg", who alights on a struggling circus run by "Phil" (Ben Lyon) and his brother "Tom" (David Farrar). He introduces them to a game-changing acrobatic act that soon has the crowds turning up in droves. As success starts to come, "Torg" seeks more from the pair, and from his high-flying partner "Mary" (Anne Crawford) and when thever mais...

The Mesmerising Menace. The Dark Tower is directed by John Harlow and is adapted to screenplay by Brock Williams from the play George S. Kaufman and Alexander Woollcott. It stars Ben Lyon, Anne Crawford, David Farrar, Herbert Lom and William Hartnell. Music is by Jack Beaver and cinematography by Otto Heller. A failing circus employs a mysterious hypnotist to boost the coffers, which with hiver mais...