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The Man They Could Not Hang(1939)

6.7(48)
1h 4m
1939-08-17

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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Keywords

experiment
death sentence
mad scientist
revenge
murder
reanimation
back from the dead
police raid
heart transplant
artificial heart
father daughter relationship

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Top Cast

Boris Karloff
Boris Karloff
Dr. Henryk Savaard
Lorna Gray
Lorna Gray
Janet Savaard
Robert Wilcox
Robert Wilcox
'Scoop' Foley
Roger Pryor
Roger Pryor
District Attorney Drake
Don Beddoe
Don Beddoe
Lieutenant Shane
Ann Doran
Ann Doran
Betty Crawford
Joe De Stefani
Joe De Stefani
Dr. Stoddard
Charles Trowbridge
Charles Trowbridge
Judge Bowman
Byron Foulger
Byron Foulger
Lang
Dick Curtis
Dick Curtis
Jury Foreman Clifford Kearney
James Craig
James Craig
Juror Watkins
John Tyrrell
John Tyrrell
Juror Sutton
No Photo
George Anderson
Prison Warden (uncredited)
Stanley Blystone
Stanley Blystone
Prison Guard (uncredited)
Sam Ash
Sam Ash
Druggist (uncredited)