Maniac - 1934

An actor, wanted by the police, ends up as the assistant of a mad scientist. During one of the mad scientist experiments, the scientist hands the actor a gun and tells him to commit suicide, so the scientist can try an experiment and reanimate his corpse. The actor doesn’t want to do that, however, and kills the scientist instead. Realizing people would notice he scientist is missing now that he is dead, the actor feels there is no other choice but to use his gift and assume the identity of the scientist.

This movie is terrible, and hilarious, and terrible.