Black Friday

A Reign Of HORROR... a man-made monster on the loose!

6.019401h 10mReleased

Science Fiction

Crime

Horror

Mystery

Drama

Overview

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.

StatusReleased

Release Date1940-02-29

Runtime1h 10m

LanguagesEnglish

CountriesUnited States of America

Budget$125,750

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Cast & Crew

Stanley Ridges

as Prof. George Kingsley / Red Cannon

Boris Karloff

as Dr. Ernest Sovac

Bela Lugosi

as Eric Marnay

Anne Nagel

as Sunny Rogers

Anne Gwynne

as Jean Sovac

Virginia Brissac

as Mrs. Margaret Kingsley

Edmund MacDonald

as Frank Miller

Paul Fix

as William Kane

Murray Alper

as Bellhop

Jack Mulhall

as Bartender

Reviews

JPV852

Aug 28, 2019

5/10

Disappointing movie if only because Karloff and Lugosi do not share a single scene together and they pretty much play second and third fiddle to Stanley Ridges who was okay in a dual role. Otherwise a bland movie.

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CinemaSerf

Jun 23, 2022

5/10

Stanley Ridges ("Prof. Kingsley") is seriously ill when Boris Karloff ("Dr. Sovac") performs a highly unethical operation to replace his brain with that of gangster "Red Cannon". Though successful in prolonging his friend's life, the newly invigorated Professor begins to demonstrate quite a few of the less savoury character flaws/traits of "Cannon"…

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