Black Friday

Black Friday

70 mins | Crime, Science Fiction, Horror | Feb. 29, 1940

University professor George Kingsley is struck by gangsters while crossing the street, leaving him with brain damage and one of the gangsters, Cannon, paralyzed. Kingsley's friend Dr. Sovac attends to both men, and when Cannon offers him a reward for aiding his recovery, Kovac transplants part of Cannon's brain into the dying Kingsley's skull, creating a dual personality.

Black Friday

70 mins | Crime, Science Fiction, Horror | Feb. 29, 1940

Black Friday
University professor George Kingsley is struck by gangsters while crossing the street, leaving him with brain damage and one of the gangsters, Cannon, paralyzed. Kingsley's friend Dr. Sovac attends to both men, and when Cannon offers him a reward for aiding his recovery, Kovac transplants part of Cannon's brain into the dying Kingsley's skull, creating a dual personality.
IMDb rating 6.3
Producers Universal Pictures
Original title Black Friday
Directors Arthur Lubin
Writers Eric Taylor, Curt Siodmak

Cast

Stanley Ridges

as Prof. George Kingsley / Red Cannon

Boris Karloff

as Dr. Ernest Sovac

Bela Lugosi

as Eric Marnay

Anne Nagel

as Sunny Rogers

Anne Gwynne

as Jean Sovac

Virginia Brissac

as Mrs. Margaret Kingsley

Edmund MacDonald

as Frank Miller

Paul Fix

as William Kane

Murray Alper

as Bellhop

Jack Mulhall

as Bartender

Raymond Bailey

as Louis Devore

Joe King

as Chief of Police

John Kelly

as Taxi Driver

Jessie Arnold

as Nurse

Elfriede Borodin

as 2nd Nurse

Tommy Conlon

as Student

Franco Corsaro

as Club Maitre d' (uncredited)

James Craig

as Reporter Ernst Gives Notes To

Kernan Cripps

as Detective

Eddie Dunn

as Det. Farnow

Edward Earle

as Detective

Harry Hayden

as Prison Doctor

Frank Jaquet

as Fat Man in Bar

Ellen Lowe

as Midtown Hotel Maid

Jerry Marlowe

as Midtown Hotel Clerk / Cabbie

Wallace Reid Jr.

as Student

William Ruhl

as G-Man

Frank Sheridan

as Prison Chaplain

Edwin Stanley

as Dr. Warner

Harry Tenbrook

as Cabbie

Emmett Vogan

as Det. Carpenter

Russell Wade

as Student

Dave Willock

as Student

Victor Zimmerman

as G-Man

Robert Morgan

as Hotel Associate