Black Friday (1940)

  • NR
  • 02/29/1940 (US)
  • Crime, Horror, Science Fiction
  • 1h 10m

A Reign Of HORROR... a man-made monster on the loose!

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.

Arthur Lubin

Director

Eric Taylor

Screenplay

Curt Siodmak

Screenplay

Cast

Stanley Ridges's headshot

Stanley Ridges

Prof. George Kingsley / Red Cannon
Boris Karloff's headshot

Boris Karloff

Dr. Ernest Sovac
Bela Lugosi's headshot

Bela Lugosi

Eric Marnay
Anne Nagel's headshot

Anne Nagel

Sunny Rogers
Anne Gwynne's headshot

Anne Gwynne

Jean Sovac
Virginia Brissac's headshot

Virginia Brissac

Mrs. Margaret Kingsley
Edmund MacDonald's headshot

Edmund MacDonald

Frank Miller
Paul Fix's headshot

Paul Fix

William Kane

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