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!
Directed by Nick Grindé
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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.
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- Director
- Nick Grindé
- Written by
- Karl Brown, George Wallace Sayre, Leslie T. White
- Produced by
- Wallace MacDonald
- Cinematographer
- Benjamin H. Kline
- Editor
- William A. Lyon
- Studio
- Columbia Pictures
- Origin country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 4m
- Language
- English
- Rating
- NR
- TMDB
- 6.6/10 (49 votes)
- Rotten Tomatoes
- 71% Fresh
- IMDb
- 6.8/10 (2,005 votes)
Cast
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)
Crew
Nick Grindé
Director
Karl Brown
Screenplay
George Wallace Sayre
Story
Leslie T. White
Story
Wallace MacDonald
Producer
Ben Oakland
Music
George Parrish
Music
Gregory Stone
Music
Joseph Nussbaum
Music
Karol Rathaus
Music
R. H. Bassett
Music
William Grant Still
Music
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