The Man with Nine Lives (1940)
He kills in the name of science...Tombs of ice for the living...Chambers of horror for the dead!
74 min
Dr. Leon Kravaal develops a potential cure for cancer, which involves freezing the patient. But an experiment goes awry when authorities believe Kravaal has killed a patient. Kravaal freezes the officials, along with himself. Years later, they are discovered and revived in hopes that Kravaal can indeed complete his cure. But human greed and weakness compound to disrupt the project.
- Release date
- April 18, 1940
- Country of origin
- United States
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Trailer
Cast
- Boris Karloff as Dr. Leon Kravaal
- Roger Pryor as Dr. Tim Mason
- Jo Ann Sayers as Judith Blair
- Stanley Brown as Bob Adams
- John Dilson as John Hawthorne
- Hal Taliaferro as Sheriff Stanton
- Byron Foulger as Dr. Bassett
- Charles Trowbridge as Dr. Harvey
- Ernie Adams as Pete Daggett
- Minta Durfee as Frozen Therapy Patient (uncredited)
- Charles Miller as Doctor Spectator Explaining Procedure (uncredited)
- Eddie Dew as Doctor Spectator Listening to Explanation (uncredited)
- James Conaty as Doctor Spectator (uncredited)
- Wedgwood Nowell as Doctor Spectator (uncredited)
- Cyril Ring as Doctor Spectator (uncredited)
- Landers Stevens as Doctor Spectator (uncredited)
- Ivan Miller as Sheriff Haley (uncredited)
- Bruce Bennett as State Trooper
- Charles Halton as Doctor in Front Row in Final Scene (uncredited)
- Lee Willard as Frozen Body of Jasper Adams (uncredited)
Crew
- Nick Grinde · Director
- Karl Brown · Writer
- Harold Shumate · Writer
- Benjamin H. Kline · Cinematographer
- Al Clark · Editor