Directed by Lothar Mendes Written by H. G. Wells Lajos Bíró Produced by Alexander Korda Roland Young as George Worthington Fotheringay Ralph Richardson as Colonel Winstanley Edward Chapman as Major Grigsby Ernest Thesiger as Mr. Maydig Joan Gardner as Ada Price Sophie Stewart as Maggie Hooper Robert Cochran as Bill Stoker Lady Tree as Mr. Grigsby's Housekeeper Laurence Hanray as Mr. Bamfylde, London & Essex Bank George Zucco as Moody, Colonel Winstanley's Butler Wallace Lupino as Police Constable Winch (billed as Wally Lupino) Joan Hickson as Effie Brickman Wally Patch as Police Superintendent Smithelle Mark Daly as Toddy Beamish Ivan Brandt as Player (a god) George Sanders as Indifference (a god) Torin Thatcher as Observer (a god) Directed by David Selman Written by Harold Shumate Mary Brian as Linda Allen Russell Hardie as Tommy Braddock George McKay as Sergeant Kelly Thurston Hall as Inspector O'Hara Henry Brandon as Mr. Zero Betty Compson as Kate Harry Hayden as William Bentley Boyd Irwin as Whitley Charles R. Moore as Highpockets Harry Bernard as Sexton Edward LeSaint as Landlord Alma Chester as Old lady Rolf Ernest as Messenger Lee Shumway as Police captain William Arnold as Police operator Beatrice Curtis as Shop girl Brady Kline as Lieutenant James Millican as Hotel clerk Charles Dorety as Stunt driver Roger Gray as Coffin man Lon Chaney Jr. as Coffin man