While most reviewers of Safe in Hell have fixed on the pre-code plot, Dorothy Mackaill's excellent acting, and the non-discriminatory roles of the black players, the film is also contains one of the greatest assemblages of screen villains:
Gustav von Seyffertitz played Moriarity in Sherlock Holmes (1922), menaced Mary Pickford in Sparrows (1926), was the alchemist in Don Juan (1926), a mad scientist in The Wizard (1927), and a suspect in The Bat Whispers (1930).
John Wray took Lon Chaney's role in the remake of The Miracle Worker (1932), was a killer in I Am a Thief (1934) and The Cat & Canary (1939), and a suspect in Dr. X (1932), and The Black Doll (1938).
Charles Middleton of Ming the Merciless fame (1936), was a master criminal in Welcome Danger (1929), played Satan in The Devil's Cabaret (1930), was a cruel killer in Mystery Ranch (1932), besides appearing as a mastermind in many serials and westerns.
Ralf Herolde played a sleazy underworld boss or craven coward in films such as Framed (1930) Deluge (1933) I'm No Angel (1933), and was the prosecutor in A Tale of Two Cities (1935).
While Noble Johnson played an upright policeman here, he appears in many horror and fantasy films, such as The Thief if Bagdad (1924), Dante's inferno (1924 and 1935), The Mysterious Dr. Fu Manchu (1929), Murders in the Rue Morgue (1932), Mystery Ranch (1932), The Mummy (1932), King Kong (1933), and The Ghost Breakers (1940).
Morgan Wallace, who usually played district attorneys and the like, appeared in One Exciting Night (1932), Dante's Inferno (1935), House of Secrets (1936), and Gaslight (1944).
Gustav von Seyffertitz played Moriarity in Sherlock Holmes (1922), menaced Mary Pickford in Sparrows (1926), was the alchemist in Don Juan (1926), a mad scientist in The Wizard (1927), and a suspect in The Bat Whispers (1930).
John Wray took Lon Chaney's role in the remake of The Miracle Worker (1932), was a killer in I Am a Thief (1934) and The Cat & Canary (1939), and a suspect in Dr. X (1932), and The Black Doll (1938).
Charles Middleton of Ming the Merciless fame (1936), was a master criminal in Welcome Danger (1929), played Satan in The Devil's Cabaret (1930), was a cruel killer in Mystery Ranch (1932), besides appearing as a mastermind in many serials and westerns.
Ralf Herolde played a sleazy underworld boss or craven coward in films such as Framed (1930) Deluge (1933) I'm No Angel (1933), and was the prosecutor in A Tale of Two Cities (1935).
While Noble Johnson played an upright policeman here, he appears in many horror and fantasy films, such as The Thief if Bagdad (1924), Dante's inferno (1924 and 1935), The Mysterious Dr. Fu Manchu (1929), Murders in the Rue Morgue (1932), Mystery Ranch (1932), The Mummy (1932), King Kong (1933), and The Ghost Breakers (1940).
Morgan Wallace, who usually played district attorneys and the like, appeared in One Exciting Night (1932), Dante's Inferno (1935), House of Secrets (1936), and Gaslight (1944).
