The Man with Nine Lives

The Man with Nine Lives (1940)

He kills in the name of science...Tombs of ice for the living...Chambers of horror for the dead!

  • Genre: Science Fiction, Horror
  • Release Date: 1940-04-18
  • User Rating: 6.2/10 from 24 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 14min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: Columbia Pictures
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Director: Nick Grindé
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Summary

Dr. Leon Kravaal develops a potential cure for cancer, which involves freezing the patient. But an experiment goes awry when authorities believe Kravaal has killed a patient. Kravaal freezes the officials, along with himself. Years later, they are discovered and revived in hopes that Kravaal can indeed complete his cure. But human greed and weakness compound to disrupt the project.

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  • Boris Karloff

    as Dr. Leon Kravaal
  • Roger Pryor

    as Dr. Tim Mason
  • Jo Ann Sayers

    as Nurse Judith Blair
  • Stanley Brown

    as Bob Adams
  • John Dilson

    as John Hawthorne
  • Hal Taliaferro

    as Sheriff Stanton
  • Byron Foulger

    as Dr. Bassett
  • Charles Trowbridge

    as Dr. Harvey
  • Ernie Adams

    as Pete Daggett
  • Minta Durfee

    as Frozen Therapy Patient (uncredited)
  • Charles Miller

    as Doctor Spectator Explaining Procedure (uncredited)
  • Eddie Dew

    as Doctor Spectator Listening to Explanation (uncredited)
  • James Conaty

    as Doctor Spectator (uncredited)
  • Wedgwood Nowell

    as Doctor Spectator (uncredited)
  • Cyril Ring

    as Doctor Spectator (uncredited)
  • William Marion

    as Doctor Spectator (uncredited)
  • Landers Stevens

    as Doctor Spectator (uncredited)
  • Ivan Miller

    as Sheriff Haley (uncredited)
  • Bruce Bennett

    as State Trooper (uncredited)
  • Charles Halton

    as Doctor in Front Row in Final Scene (uncredited)
  • Lee Willard

    as Frozen Body of Jasper Adams (uncredited)
Directing Nick Grindé Director
Writing Karl Brown Screenplay
Writing Harold Shumate Story
Sound Mischa Bakaleinikoff Music
Sound Gerard Carbonara Music
Sound Gregory Stone Music
Sound Karol Rathaus Music
Costume & Make-Up Fred B. Phillips Makeup Artist
Sound Morris Stoloff Music Director
Production Wallace MacDonald Producer
Sound Ben Oakland Music
Production Irving Briskin Executive Producer
Sound Edward Bernds Sound Engineer
Art Lionel Banks Art Direction
Crew Ralph S. Willard Technical Advisor
Editing Al Clark Editor
Camera Benjamin H. Kline Director of Photography

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