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Black Friday (1940)
Directed by Arthur Lubin
“A Reign Of HORROR... a man-made monster on the loose!”
Science Fiction, Crime, Horror, Mystery, Drama · 1h 10m
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.
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
Crew
- Director
- Arthur Lubin
- Screenplay
- Curt Siodmak, Eric Taylor
- Director of Photography
- Elwood Bredell
- Original Music Composer
- Frank Skinner
- Editor
- Philip Cahn
Details
- Release date
- 1940-02-29
- Runtime
- 1h 10m
- Genres
- Science Fiction, Crime, Horror, Mystery, Drama
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- Universal Pictures
- Budget
- $125,750