The Man with Nine Lives

The Man with Nine Lives

74 mins | Science Fiction | April 18, 1940

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.

The Man with Nine Lives

74 mins | Science Fiction | April 18, 1940

The Man with Nine Lives
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.
IMDb rating 6.5
Producers Columbia Pictures
Original title The Man with Nine Lives
Directors Nick Grinde
Writers Karl Brown, Harold Shumate

Cast

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)

Marion Williams

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)