Black Friday

Black Friday (1940)

Crime, Horror, Science Fiction1 hour and 10 minutes
61%
User score

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

Description

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.

Arthur Lubin
Director
Eric Taylor
Screenplay
Curt Siodmak
Screenplay

Actors

Stanley Ridges
Stanley Ridges
Prof. George Kingsley / Red Cannon
Boris Karloff
Boris Karloff
Dr. Ernest Sovac
Bela Lugosi
Bela Lugosi
Eric Marnay
Anne Nagel
Anne Nagel
Sunny Rogers
Anne Gwynne
Anne Gwynne
Jean Sovac
Virginia Brissac
Virginia Brissac
Mrs. Margaret Kingsley
Edmund MacDonald
Edmund MacDonald
Frank Miller
Paul Fix
Paul Fix
William Kane
Murray Alper
Murray Alper
Bellhop
Jack Mulhall
Jack Mulhall
Bartender
Raymond Bailey
Raymond Bailey
Louis Devore
Joe King
Joe King
Chief of Police
John Kelly
John Kelly
Taxi Driver
Jessie Arnold
Jessie Arnold
Nurse
Elfriede Borodin
Elfriede Borodin
2nd Nurse
Tommy Conlon
Tommy Conlon
Student
Franco Corsaro
Franco Corsaro
Club Maitre d' (uncredited)
James Craig
James Craig
Reporter Ernst Gives Notes To
Kernan Cripps
Kernan Cripps
Detective
Eddie Dunn
Eddie Dunn
Det. Farnow
Status

Released

Original language

English

Budget

$125,750

Revenue

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Keywords
experimentgangsterprofessormurdermad doctorcar accidentbrain surgeonhidden lootbrain transplanthidden money