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The Man They Could Not Hang

The Man They Could Not Hang1939

★6.664 minScience FictionHorrorCrime

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.

Director

Writer

George Wallace Sayre Leslie T. White Karl Brown

Score

George Parrish Karol Rathaus Ben Oakland

Stars

Boris Karloff Lorna Gray Robert Wilcox

Cast37

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
G
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)
F
Flo Campbell
as Housewife (uncredited)
John Dilson
as King - City Editor (uncredited)
C
Carl Faulkner
as Bailiff (uncredited)
Chuck Hamilton
as Juror (uncredited)
Frank Jaquet
as Cigar-Smoking Fat Juror (uncredited)
Kenner G. Kemp
as Reporter (uncredited)
W
William Lally
as Bailiff (uncredited)
P
Perc Launders
as Bailiff (uncredited)
L
Larry Lund
as Court Clerk (uncredited)
I
Ian Maclaren
as Priest (uncredited)
Charles McAvoy
as Prison Official (uncredited)
C
Charles Miller
as Dr. Avery - Juror (uncredited)
Bert Moorhouse
as Reporter (uncredited)
F
Franklin Parker
as Second Reporter (uncredited)
T
Tom Quinn
as Reporter (uncredited)
Bob Reeves
as Juror (uncredited)
Walter Sande
as Reporter at Typewriter (uncredited)
Robert Sterling
as First Reporter (uncredited)
E
Edward Thomas
as Butler (uncredited)
C
Cyril Thornton
as Senior Butler (uncredited)

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