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  1. Black Friday
    1940 · Horror · 1h 10m

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  1. Plot. Dr. Ernest Sovac is taken from his cell for his execution, but is able to give notes to a reporter, which recount his story, as he is led to a chamber. Sometime earlier, Sovac's best friend, bookish college professor George Kingsley, is run down while crossing a street.

  2. Black Friday: Directed by Arthur Lubin. With Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi, Stanley Ridges, Anne Nagel. Dr. Sovac transplants the brain of a gangster into his professor friend's body to save his life, but there is a side effect that causes a dangerous split personality.

    • Arthur Lubin
    • 61
    • 2 min
  3. Summaries. Dr. Sovac transplants the brain of a gangster into his professor friend's body to save his life, but there is a side effect that causes a dangerous split personality. When his friend Professor Kingsley is at deaths door, brain surgeon Dr. Sovac saves his life by means of an illegal operation that transplants part of injured gangster ...

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  5. In the murky depths of 1940s American cinema lurks Black Friday, a spine-relaxing science fiction horror crime flick that stars the legendary Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi, penned by none other than screenwriter Curt Siodmak, who would later revisit this eerie theme in Donovan's Brain (1953) and Hauser's Memory (1970).

  6. Brief Synopsis. Read More. When his friend Professor Kingsely (Ridges) is at deaths door, brain surgeon Dr. Sovac (Karloff) saves his life by means of an illegal operation that transplants part of injured gangster Red Cannon's brain. Unfortunately, the operation has a disasterous Jeckll and Hyde side effect and under certain conditions the ...

    • Arthur Lubin, Fred Frank
    • Boris Karloff
  7. Jan 8, 2019 · Universal Pictures. Publication date. 1940. Topics. Crime, Drama, Horror. As Dr. Ernest Sovac (Boris Karloff) makes his way to the electric chair, he recalls the events that landed him on death row. After placing brain matter from a violent gangster into the mind of a dying teacher named George Kingsley (Stanley Ridges), Sovac watches his ...

  8. Black Friday (1940) Movie Info Synopsis As Dr. Ernest Sovac (Boris Karloff) makes his way to the electric chair, he recalls the events that landed him on death row.

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