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The Man They Could Not Hang. The Man They Could Not Hang is a 1939 American horror film directed by Nick Grinde from a screenplay by Karl Brown. It stars Boris Karloff as Dr. Henryk Savaard, [1] [2] a scientist who develops a procedure for bringing the dead back to life. When he is arrested and sentenced to be executed for murdering a young ...
The Man They Could Not Hang: Directed by Nick Grinde. With Boris Karloff, Lorna Gray, Robert Wilcox, Roger Pryor. When Dr. Savaard's experiment in cryonics is interrupted by the short-sighted authorities, his volunteer dies, and he is condemned to death.
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- Crime, Horror, Sci-Fi
- Nick Grinde
- 1939-08-17
Jun 13, 2021 · The Man They Could Not Hang (Columbia Pictures) (1939) Stars: Boris Karloff, Lorna Gray, Robert Wilcox. Scientist Dr Savaard creates a life-saving artificial heart, but his experiment is interrupted and he is sentenced to hang when the authorities intervene following the death of one his subjects. Savaard promises revenge if he can escape the gallows. Initial release: August 17, 1939 (North ...
- June 13, 2021
- The Museum of Cinema
- 61 min
- 127
Nov 17, 2016 · The Man They Could Not Hang was released on video domestically via the very Columbia tape I screened and it was later included in Sony’s “Icons of Horror” Karloff-centric DVD set 10 years ...
The Man They Could Not Hang (1939) is the first and perhaps the best in a series of four "mad scientist" films that Columbia produced within an eighteen month period. It is a surprisingly prophetic film as well, cloaked unassumingly in the guise of a B-movie horror film.
- Nick Grinde, Thomas Flood
- Boris Karloff
70 likes. In The Man They Could Not Hang, Boris Karloff is less a mad scientist than a misunderstood scientist. Dr. Henryk Savaard (our BoKa) is a serious chap, the inventor of a nifty-looking device that will bring the dead back to life by restarting their hearts. But wouldn’t you know, the stupid public just doesn’t understand ...
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Overview. 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. Nick Grindé. Director. Karl Brown.
