Black Friday
1940 · TMDB 6.0
Directed by Arthur Lubin
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.
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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 th...
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- Runtime
- 70 min
- Released
- 1940-02-29
- Studio
- Universal Pictures
- Country
- United States of America
- Language
- English
- TMDB score
- 6.0
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Key contributors
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Arthur Lubin
Director
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Curt Siodmak
Writer
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Eric Taylor
Writer
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Stanley Ridges
Prof. George Kingsley / Red Cannon
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Boris Karloff
Dr. Ernest Sovac
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Bela Lugosi
Eric Marnay
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Anne Nagel
Sunny Rogers
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Anne Gwynne
Jean Sovac
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Virginia Brissac
Mrs. Margaret Kingsley
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Edmund MacDonald
Frank Miller
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Paul Fix
William Kane