Before I Hang

Before I Hang

62 mins | Crime, Science Fiction, Horror | Sept. 17, 1940

A physician on death row for a mercy killing is allowed to experiment on a serum using a criminals' blood, but secretly tests it on himself. He gets a pardon, but finds out he's become a Jekyll-&-Hyde.

Before I Hang

62 mins | Crime, Science Fiction, Horror | Sept. 17, 1940

Before I Hang
A physician on death row for a mercy killing is allowed to experiment on a serum using a criminals' blood, but secretly tests it on himself. He gets a pardon, but finds out he's become a Jekyll-&-Hyde.
IMDb rating 6.1
Producers Columbia Pictures
Original title Before I Hang
Directors Nick Grinde
Writers Robert Hardy Andrews, Karl Brown

Cast

Boris Karloff

as Dr. John Garth

Evelyn Keyes

as Martha Garth

Bruce Bennett

as Dr. Paul Ames

Don Beddoe

as Capt. McGraw

Edward Van Sloan

as Dr. Ralph Howard

Ben Taggart

as Warden Thompson

Pedro de Cordoba

as Victor Sondini

Wright Kramer

as George Wharton

Bertram Marburgh

as Stephen Barclay

Robert Fiske

as District Attorney

Frank Richards

as Otto Kron - Convict

Kenneth MacDonald

as Anson, Prison Guard

Ernie Adams

as Sam - Hospital Prison Orderly

Frederick Burton

as Governor Prentiss

Edward Earle

as Dr. Nichols

Richard Fiske

as Mandish

George McKay

as Reardon

John Tyrrell

as Sanders

Jack Cheatham

as Patrolman Olson

Charles Trowbridge

as Judge Braden

Bert Moorhouse

as Cousel at Defense Table

Sam Harris

as Courtroom Spectator

Edmund Mortimer

as Courtroom Spectator

Stanley Brown

as Prison Gate Guard

Eddie Laughton

as Guard

James T. Mack

as Butler

Gohr Van Vleck

as Police Dispatcher