The Man They Could Not Hang

The Man They Could Not Hang (1939)

TRANSFORMED BY THE HANGMAN'S NOOSE... from a doctor serving humanity, into a demon filled with hate and terrorizing blood-lust!

  • Genre: Science Fiction, Horror, Crime
  • Release Date: 1939-08-17
  • User Rating: 6.6/10 from 43 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 4min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: Columbia Pictures
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Director: Nick Grindé
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From 43 Ratings

Summary

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.

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  • Boris Karloff

    as Dr. Henryk Savaard

  • Lorna Gray

    as Janet Savaard

  • Robert Wilcox

    as 'Scoop' Foley

  • Roger Pryor

    as District Attorney Drake

  • Don Beddoe

    as Lieutenant Shane

  • Ann Doran

    as Betty Crawford

  • Joe De Stefani

    as Dr. Stoddard

  • Charles Trowbridge

    as Judge Bowman

  • Byron Foulger

    as Lang

  • Dick Curtis

    as Jury Foreman Clifford Kearney

  • James Craig

    as Juror Watkins

  • John Tyrrell

    as Juror Sutton

  • George Anderson

    as Prison Warden (uncredited)

  • Stanley Blystone

    as Prison Guard (uncredited)

  • Sam Ash

    as Druggist (uncredited)

  • Harlan Briggs

    as Defense Attorney Parker (uncredited)

  • Stanley Brown

    as Bob Roberts (uncredited)

  • Flo Campbell

    as Housewife (uncredited)

  • John Dilson

    as King - City Editor (uncredited)

  • Carl Faulkner

    as Bailiff (uncredited)

  • Chuck Hamilton

    as Juror (uncredited)

  • Frank Jaquet

    as Cigar-Smoking Fat Juror (uncredited)

  • Kenner G. Kemp

    as Reporter (uncredited)

  • William Lally

    as Bailiff (uncredited)

  • Perc Launders

    as Bailiff (uncredited)

  • Larry Lund

    as Court Clerk (uncredited)

  • Ian Maclaren

    as Priest (uncredited)

  • Charles McAvoy

    as Prison Official (uncredited)

  • Charles Miller

    as Dr. Avery - Juror (uncredited)

  • Bert Moorhouse

    as Reporter (uncredited)

  • Franklin Parker

    as Second Reporter (uncredited)

  • Tom Quinn

    as Reporter (uncredited)

  • Bob Reeves

    as Juror (uncredited)

  • Walter Sande

    as Reporter at Typewriter (uncredited)

  • Robert Sterling

    as First Reporter (uncredited)

  • Edward Thomas

    as Butler (uncredited)

  • Cyril Thornton

    as Senior Butler (uncredited)
Directing Nick Grindé Director
Production Wallace MacDonald Producer
Camera Benjamin H. Kline Director of Photography
Editing William A. Lyon Editor
Costume & Make-Up Clay Campbell Makeup Artist
Sound R. H. Bassett Music
Sound Joseph Nussbaum Music
Sound Ben Oakland Music
Sound George Parrish Music
Sound Karol Rathaus Music
Sound William Grant Still Music
Sound Gregory Stone Music
Writing Karl Brown Screenplay
Writing Leslie T. White Story
Writing George Wallace Sayre Story
Sound Morris Stoloff Music Director

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