The Man They Could Not Hang (1939)
TRANSFORMED BY THE HANGMAN'S NOOSE... from a doctor serving humanity, into a demon filled with hate and terrorizing blood-lust!
64 min
Dr. Henryk Savaard is a scientist working on experiments to restore life to the dead. When he is unjustly hanged for murder, he is brought back to life by his trusted assistant. Re-animated he turns decidedly nasty and sets about murdering the jury that convicted him.
- Release date
- August 17, 1939
- Country of origin
- United States
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Cast
- Boris Karloff as Dr. Henryk Savaard
- Lorna Gray as Janet Savaard
- Robert Wilcox as 'Scoop' Foley
- Roger Pryor as District Attorney Drake
- Don Beddoe as Lieutenant Shane
- Ann Doran as Betty Crawford
- Joe De Stefani as Dr. Stoddard
- Charles Trowbridge as Judge Bowman
- Byron Foulger as Lang
- Dick Curtis as Kearney
- James Craig as Juror Watkins
- John Tyrrell as Juror Sutton
- George Anderson as Prison Warden (uncredited)
- Stanley Blystone as Prison Guard (uncredited)
- Sam Ash as Druggist (uncredited)
- Harlan Briggs as Defense Attorney Parker (uncredited)
- Stanley Brown as Bob Roberts (uncredited)
- John Dilson as King - City Editor (uncredited)
- Carl Faulkner as Bailiff (uncredited)
- Chuck Hamilton as Juror (uncredited)
- Frank Jaquet as Cigar-Smoking Fat Juror (uncredited)
- Kenner G. Kemp as Reporter (uncredited)
- Perc Launders as Bailiff (uncredited)
- Ian Maclaren as Priest (uncredited)
- Charles McAvoy as Prison Official (uncredited)
- Charles Miller as Dr. Avery - Juror (uncredited)
- Bert Moorhouse as Reporter (uncredited)
Crew
- Nick Grinde · Director
- Karl Brown · Writer
- Leslie T. White · Writer
- George Wallace Sayre · Writer
- Benjamin H. Kline · Cinematographer
- William A. Lyon · Editor