Stanley Ridges

Boris Karloff

Bela Lugosi

Anne Nagel

Anne Gwynne

Virginia Brissac

Edmund MacDonald

Paul Fix

Murray Alper

Jack Mulhall

Raymond Bailey

Joe King

John Kelly

Jessie Arnold

Elfriede Borodin

Tommy Conlon

Franco Corsaro

James Craig

Kernan Cripps

Eddie Dunn

Edward Earle

Harry Hayden

Frank Jaquet

Ellen Lowe

Jerry Marlowe

Wallace Reid Jr.

William Ruhl

Frank Sheridan

Edwin Stanley

Harry Tenbrook

Emmett Vogan

Russell Wade

Dave Willock

Victor Zimmerman

Robert Morgan

Arthur Lubin

Curt Siodmak

Eric Taylor

Elwood Bredell

Philip Cahn

Frank Skinner

Burt Kelly

Jack Otterson

Vera West

Charles Carroll

Jack Pierce

Hans J. Salter

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Disappointing movie if only because Karloff and Lugosi do not share a single scene together and they pretty much play second and third fiddle to Stanley Ridges who was okay in a dual role. Otherwise a bland movie.

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Stanley Ridges ("Prof. Kingsley") is seriously ill when Boris Karloff ("Dr. Sovac") performs a highly unethical operation to replace his brain with that of gangster "Red Cannon". Though successful in prolonging his friend's life, the newly invigorated Professor begins to demonstrate quite a few of the less savoury character flaws/traits of "Cannon". "Sovac" learns from one of these episodes that there is $500,000 hidden away somewhere, so he attempts to manipulate his friend to reveal the location of the loot. It's billed as a Karloff and Lugosi feature - but some recasting shenanigans meant that they never ended up appearing in a scene together, but that doesn't really matter - this is more of a sci-fi thriller than a horror film, and neither of their performance are really much to write home about, anyway. The star is Ridges who juggles his split personalities quite well whilst Arthur Lubin keeps the story moving along well enough. Sadly, though, it's all just a bit unremarkable with a fairly standard structure and ending.

BLACK FRIDAY "From now on, you do exactly as I say" Clip

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Black Friday( 1940)

A Reign Of HORROR... a man-made monster on the loose!

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A review by JPV852

Written by JPV852 on Wed Aug 28 2019

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