Movie Description
Black Friday
(1940)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.
Featured Crew
- Director : Arthur Lubin
- Editor : Philip Cahn
- Cast : Stanley Ridges,Boris Karloff,Bela Lugosi,Anne Nagel,Anne Gwynne,Virginia Brissac,Edmund MacDonald,Paul Fix,Murray Alper,Jack Mulhall,Raymond Bailey,Joe King,John Kelly,Jessie Arnold,Elfriede Borodin,Tommy Conlon,Franco Corsaro,James Craig,Kernan Cripps,Eddie Dunn,Edward Earle,Harry Hayden,Frank Jaquet,Ellen Lowe,Jerry Marlowe,Jerry Marlowe,Wallace Reid Jr.,William Ruhl,Frank Sheridan,Edwin Stanley,Harry Tenbrook,Emmett Vogan,Russell Wade,Dave Willock,Victor Zimmerman,Robert Morgan
Cast
Prof. George Kingsley / Red Cannon
Dr. Ernest Sovac
Eric Marnay
Sunny Rogers
Jean Sovac
Mrs. Margaret Kingsley
Frank Miller
William Kane
Bellhop
Bartender
Louis Devore
Chief of Police
Taxi Driver
Nurse
2nd Nurse
Student
Club Maitre d' (uncredited)
Reporter Ernst Gives Notes To
Detective
Det. Farnow
Detective
Prison Doctor
Fat Man in Bar
Midtown Hotel Maid
Midtown Hotel Clerk
Cabbie
Student
G-Man
Prison Chaplain
Dr. Warner
Cabbie
Det. Carpenter
Student
Student
G-Man
Hotel Associate
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Facts
Original TitleBlack Friday
Status Released
Release Information
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1940-02-29
Original LanguageEnglish
Runtime 01h 10m
Budget₹ 125750
Production CompaniesUniversal Pictures
Genres
- Science Fiction
- Crime
- Horror
- Mystery
- Drama
