Black Friday (1940)
A Reign Of HORROR... a man-made monster on the loose!
70 min
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.
- Release date
- February 29, 1940
- Country of origin
- United States
- Budget
- $125,750
Trailer
Cast
- Boris Karloff as Doctor Ernest Sovac
- Bela Lugosi as Eric Marnay
- Stanley Ridges as Professor George Kingsley
- Anne Nagel as Sunny
- Anne Gwynne as Jean Sovac
- Virginia Brissac as Mrs. Margaret Kingsley
- Edmund MacDonald as Frank Miller
- Paul Fix as Kane
- Murray Alper as Bellhop
- Jack Mulhall as Bartender
Crew
- Arthur Lubin · Director
- Curt Siodmak · Writer
- Eric Taylor · Writer
- Elwood Bredell · Cinematographer
- Philip Cahn · Editor