Black Friday (1940)
A Reign Of HORROR... a man-made monster on the loose!
- Released
- Runtime 1h 10m
- Director Arthur Lubin
- Genres Crime Drama Horror Mystery Science Fiction
- Rating 6.0/10 (61 votes)
Synopsis
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
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Stanley Ridges
as Prof. George Kingsley / Red Cannon
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Boris Karloff
as Dr. Ernest Sovac
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Bela Lugosi
as Eric Marnay
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Anne Nagel
as Sunny Rogers
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Anne Gwynne
as Jean Sovac
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Virginia Brissac
as Mrs. Margaret Kingsley
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Edmund MacDonald
as Frank Miller
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Paul Fix
as William Kane
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Murray Alper
as Bellhop
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Jack Mulhall
as Bartender
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Raymond Bailey
as Louis Devore
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Joe King
as Chief of Police
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John Kelly
as Taxi Driver
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Jessie Arnold
as Nurse
- Elfriede Borodin as 2nd Nurse
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Tommy Conlon
as Student
- Franco Corsaro as Club Maitre d' (uncredited)
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James Craig
as Reporter Ernst Gives Notes To
Crew
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Arthur Lubin
Director
- Elwood Bredell Director of Photography
- Philip Cahn Editor
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Frank Skinner
Original Music Composer
- Eric Taylor Screenplay
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Curt Siodmak
Screenplay
