Black Friday (1940)

02/29/1940 (US) • 1h 10m

Science Fiction, Crime, Horror, Drama, Mystery, Thriller

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

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.

Top Billed 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


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$125,750.00

Revenue

-

Keywords

experiment

gangster

professor

murder

mad doctor

car accident

brain surgeon

hidden loot

brain transplant

hidden money

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