The Man They Could Not Hang (1939)
6.6|17 Aug, 1939|64 min
TRANSFORMED BY THE HANGMAN'S NOOSE... from a doctor serving humanity, into a demon filled with hate and terrorizing blood-lust!
6.6|17 Aug, 1939|64 min
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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.
Keywords
experiment
death sentence
mad scientist
revenge
murder
reanimation
back from the dead
police raid
heart transplant
artificial heart
father daughter relationship
Casts
Boris Karloff
Dr. Henryk Savaard
Lorna Gray
Janet Savaard
Robert Wilcox
'Scoop' Foley
Roger Pryor
District Attorney Drake
Don Beddoe
Lieutenant Shane
Ann Doran
Betty Crawford
Joe De Stefani
Dr. Stoddard
Charles Trowbridge
Judge Bowman
Byron Foulger
Lang
Dick Curtis
Jury Foreman Clifford Kearney
James Craig
Juror Watkins
John Tyrrell
Juror Sutton
George Anderson
Prison Warden (uncredited)
Stanley Blystone
Prison Guard (uncredited)
Sam Ash
Druggist (uncredited)
Harlan Briggs
Defense Attorney Parker (uncredited)
Stanley Brown
Bob Roberts (uncredited)
Flo Campbell
Housewife (uncredited)
John Dilson
King - City Editor (uncredited)
Carl Faulkner
Bailiff (uncredited)
Chuck Hamilton
Juror (uncredited)
Frank Jaquet
Cigar-Smoking Fat Juror (uncredited)
Kenner G. Kemp
Reporter (uncredited)
William Lally
Bailiff (uncredited)
Perc Launders
Bailiff (uncredited)
Larry Lund
Court Clerk (uncredited)
Ian Maclaren
Priest (uncredited)
Charles McAvoy
Prison Official (uncredited)
Charles Miller
Dr. Avery - Juror (uncredited)
Bert Moorhouse
Reporter (uncredited)
Franklin Parker
Second Reporter (uncredited)
Tom Quinn
Reporter (uncredited)
Bob Reeves
Juror (uncredited)
Walter Sande
Reporter at Typewriter (uncredited)
Robert Sterling
First Reporter (uncredited)
Edward Thomas
Butler (uncredited)
Cyril Thornton
Senior Butler (uncredited)
Crews
Wallace MacDonald
Producer
Nick Grindé
Director
Benjamin H. Kline
Director of Photography
William A. Lyon
Editor
Clay Campbell
Makeup Artist
Gregory Stone
Music
R. H. Bassett
Music
George Parrish
Music
Karol Rathaus
Music
Ben Oakland
Music
William Grant Still
Music
Joseph Nussbaum
Music
George Wallace Sayre
Story
Morris Stoloff
Music Director
Leslie T. White
Story
Karl Brown
Screenplay
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