JPV852
8/28/2019
5.0
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.
Feature1940·70m·6.0
Black Friday
A Reign Of HORROR... a man-made monster on the loose!
Science FictionCrimeHorrorMysteryDrama
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
John Kelly
Taxi Driver
Jessie Arnold
Nurse
Elfriede Borodin
2nd Nurse
Tommy Conlon
Student
Franco Corsaro
Club Maitre d' (uncredited)
James Craig
Reporter Ernst Gives Notes To
Kernan Cripps
Detective
Eddie Dunn
Det. Farnow
Details
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Languages
- English
- Budget
- $125,750
- Revenue
- —
- Age rating
- —
- Quality
- 4K UHD · HDR10 · Dolby Vision
- Production
- Universal Pictures
Crew
Director
Arthur Lubin
Writers
Curt Siodmak, Eric Taylor
Elwood Bredell
Director of Photography
Philip Cahn
Editor
Frank Skinner
Original Music Composer
Vera West
Costume Design
Gallery
Reviews
CinemaSerf
6/23/2022
5.0
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.
