Black Friday

2/29/19401h 10m

Theatrical Release (US)

~ 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.

Director:

Arthur Lubin

Status:

Released

Language:

English

Buget:

$125,750.00

Revenue:

$0.00

Key words:

experiment
gangster
professor
murder
mad doctor
car accident
brain surgeon
hidden loot
brain transplant
hidden money

Cast

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

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Reviews (2)

JPV852
Written 6 year(s) ago
5
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.
CinemaSerf
Written 3 year(s) ago
5
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". "Sovac" learns from one of these episodes that there is $500,000 hidden away somewhere, so he attempts to manipulate his friend to reveal the location of the loot. It's billed as a Karloff and Lugosi feature - but some recasting shenanigans meant that they never ended up appearing in a scene together, but that doesn't really matter - this is more of a sci-fi thriller than a horror film, and neither of their performance are really much to write home about, anyway. The star is Ridges who juggles his split personalities quite well whilst Arthur Lubin keeps the story moving along well enough. Sadly, though, it's all just a bit unremarkable with a fairly standard structure and ending.