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Feature film — 1940

Black Friday (1940)

6.01h 10mScience Fiction — Crime — Horror — Mystery — Drama

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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A high-signal pick with 65 votes.

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Director: Arthur Lubin

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Cast & crew

Stanley Ridges as Prof. George Kingsley / Red Cannon

Stanley Ridges

Prof. George Kingsley / Red Cannon

Boris Karloff as Dr. Ernest Sovac

Boris Karloff

Dr. Ernest Sovac

Bela Lugosi as Eric Marnay

Bela Lugosi

Eric Marnay

Anne Nagel as Sunny Rogers

Anne Nagel

Sunny Rogers

Anne Gwynne as Jean Sovac

Anne Gwynne

Jean Sovac

Virginia Brissac as Mrs. Margaret Kingsley

Virginia Brissac

Mrs. Margaret Kingsley

Edmund MacDonald as Frank Miller

Edmund MacDonald

Frank Miller

Paul Fix as William Kane

Paul Fix

William Kane

Murray Alper as Bellhop

Murray Alper

Bellhop

Jack Mulhall as Bartender

Jack Mulhall

Bartender

Raymond Bailey as Louis Devore

Raymond Bailey

Louis Devore

Joe King as Chief of Police

Joe King

Chief of Police

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