Black Friday (1940)
Black Friday (1940)
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Plot.
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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Cast & Crew.

Stanley Ridges
Prof. George Kingsley / Red Cannon

Boris Karloff
Dr. Ernest Sovac

Bela Lugosi
Eric Marnay

Anne Nagel
Sunny Rogers

Anne Gwynne
Jean Sovac

Virginia Brissac
Mrs. Margaret Kingsley

Edmund MacDonald
Frank Miller

Paul Fix
William Kane

Murray Alper
Bellhop

Jack Mulhall
Bartender

Raymond Bailey
Louis Devore

Joe King
Chief of Police

John Kelly
Taxi Driver

Jessie Arnold
Nurse

Elfriede Borodin
2nd Nurse

Tommy Conlon
Student

Franco Corsaro
Club Maitre d' (uncredited)

James Craig
Reporter Ernst Gives Notes To

Kernan Cripps
Detective

Eddie Dunn
Det. Farnow

Edward Earle
Detective

Harry Hayden
Prison Doctor

Frank Jaquet
Fat Man in Bar

Ellen Lowe
Midtown Hotel Maid

Jerry Marlowe
Midtown Hotel Clerk / Cabbie

Wallace Reid Jr.
Student

William Ruhl
G-Man

Frank Sheridan
Prison Chaplain

Edwin Stanley
Dr. Warner

Harry Tenbrook
Cabbie

Emmett Vogan
Det. Carpenter

Russell Wade
Student
Media.







Details.
Release DateFebruary 29, 1940
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 10m
Content RatingNR
Budget$125,750
Genres
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This Movie Is About.
professor
gangster
brain surgeon
experiment
murder
mad doctor
car accident
hidden loot
brain transplant
hidden money
Wiki.
Black Friday is a 1940 American science fiction horror film starring Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi.
Screenwriter Curt Siodmak would revisit this theme again in Donovan's Brain (1953) and Hauser's Memory (1970).
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