Boris Karloff
Dr. Ernest Sovac
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United States. Language. English. Budget. $125,750 [3][4] Black Friday is a 1940 American science fiction horror film starring Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi. [5] Screenwriter Curt Siodmak would revisit this theme again in Donovan's Brain (1953) and Hauser's Memory (1970). [6]
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.
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- Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
- Arthur Lubin
- 1940-04-12
Boris Karloff. William Henry Pratt (23 November 1887 – 2 February 1969), known professionally as Boris Karloff (/ ˈkɑːrlɒf /) and occasionally billed as Karloff the Uncanny, was an English actor. His portrayal of Frankenstein's monster in the horror film Frankenstein (1931), his 82nd film, established him as a horror icon, and he reprised ...
Aug 24, 2024 · Originally titled Friday the 13th, the film follows Professor George Kingsley (Stanley Ridges), who gets run down by a gangster on the lam. The only way Dr. Ernie Sovac (Boris Karloff) can save him is to transplant part of the deceased gangster’s brain into Kingsley’s head. Chaos ensues, with the professor and gangster fighting for control ...
BLACK FRIDAY-synopsis Dr. Ernest Sovac (Boris Karloff) is being led to his execution in prison. Entering the viewing room, he gives his notes to a newspaper reporter (James Craig), telling him that his newspaper was the only one who treated him fairly. The reporter opens it and begins reading.
Black Friday. 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 ...
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Jan 8, 2019 · Black Friday (1940) 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 patient take on violent tendencies.
