Black Friday1940
“A Reign Of HORROR... a man-made monster on the loose!”
Directed by Arthur Lubin
🏆 1 win
The premise
University professor George Kingsley is struck by gangsters while crossing the street, leaving him with brain damage and one of the gangsters, Cannon, paralyzed. Kingsley's friend Dr. Sovac attends to both men, and when Cannon offers him a reward for aiding his recovery, Kovac transplants part of Cannon's brain into the dying Kingsley's skull, creating a dual personality.
Horror Vault's take
When a mild-mannered university professor is gravely injured in a collision with gangsters, his brilliant but morally compromised physician friend seizes a desperate opportunity to save him — one that blurs the line between healer and monster. The experimental procedure that follows doesn't just save a life; it fractures it, as a dangerous new presence begins to surface from within a familiar man. Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi headline this Universal-era chiller that melds mad-science ambition with gangster-film grit. Fans of classic horror will find a compelling meditation on identity and the hubris of playing God.
Content: Violence, Depictions Of Surgery, Threat And Intimidation
Cast
Stanley Ridges
Prof. George Kingsley / Red Cannon
Boris Karloff
Dr. Ernest Sovac
Bela Lugosi
Eric Marnay
Anne Nagel
Sunny Rogers
Anne Gwynne
Jean Sovac
Virginia Brissac
Mrs. Margaret Kingsley
Edmund MacDonald
Frank Miller
Paul Fix
William Kane
Murray Alper
Bellhop
Jack Mulhall
Bartender
Raymond Bailey
Louis Devore
Joe King
Chief of Police
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