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12 April 1940 (USA)
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A Reign Of HORROR... a man-made monster on the loose!
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When his friend Professor Kingsely is at deaths door, brain surgeon Dr. Sovac saves his life by means...
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this could have been so much better
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Cast
(Complete credited cast)| Boris Karloff | ... | Dr. Ernest Sovac | |
| Bela Lugosi | ... | Eric Marnay | |
| Stanley Ridges | ... | Prof. George Kingsley / Red Cannon | |
| 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 | |
| Joe King | ... | Police Chief | |
| John Kelly | ... | Taxi Driver |
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Friday the Thirteenth (USA) (working title)
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70 min
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1.37 : 1 more
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Mono (Western Electric Mirrophonic Recording)
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Bela Lugosi was originally cast as Dr. Sovac and Boris Karloff as Kingsley/Cannon, but Karloff's interpretation of the gangster was unconvincing and he was replaced by Stanley Ridges. Karloff instead got the role as Dr. Sovac and Lugosi got a minor role, although his second billing remained. (Bojarski, "The Films of Bela Lugosi", 1980)
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Featured in "Son of Svengoolie: Black Friday (1940) (#1.117)" (1981)
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I like the fact this film could fall under so many categories: horror, drama, mystery, melodrama, sci-fi. The first 20-30 minutes are great, and it could have turned into a classic, despite its unrealism. But then a few bad turns take it down the road to a 6. One decision for the film alone doomed it out of the classic category. Be prepared: Bela Lugosi has a small part and does not appear with Boris Karloff.