Schwarzer Freitag (1940)
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Als sein Freund Professor Kingsley bei einem Schußwechsel von Gangstern von deren Auto überfahren wird, trägt er einen schweren Gehirnschaden davon, der im Krankenhaus nicht behandelt werden kann, so daß sich Dr.Ernest Sovac einer radikal experimentellen Methode bedienen muß: die geschädigten Teile von Kingsleys Gehirn ersetzt er durch identische Teile des Gangsters Red Cannon, der bei dem Schußwechsel ebenfalls irreparabel verletzt wurde. Der Eingriff gelingt, doch jetzt hat Kingsley wechselnde Persönlichkeiten...
Der Regisseur:
Arthur Lubin
Die Autor:
Eric Taylor, Curt Siodmak.
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Stanley Ridges as Prof. George Kingsley / Red Cannon |
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Boris Karloff as Dr. Ernest Sovac |
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Bela Lugosi as Eric Marnay |
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Anne Nagel as Sunny Rogers |
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Anne Gwynne as Jean Sovac |
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Virginia Brissac as Mrs. Margaret Kingsley |
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Edmund MacDonald as Frank Miller |
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Paul Fix as William Kane |
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Murray Alper as Bellhop |
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Jack Mulhall as Bartender |
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Raymond Bailey as Louis Devore |
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Joe King as Chief of Police |
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John Kelly as Taxi Driver |
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Jessie Arnold as Nurse |
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Elfriede Borodin as 2nd Nurse |
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Tommy Conlon as Student |
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Franco Corsaro as Club Maitre d' (uncredited) |
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James Craig as Reporter Ernst Gives Notes To |
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Kernan Cripps as Detective |
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Eddie Dunn as Det. Farnow |
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Edward Earle as Detective |
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Harry Hayden as Prison Doctor |
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Frank Jaquet as Fat Man in Bar |
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Ellen Lowe as Midtown Hotel Maid |
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Jerry Marlowe as Midtown Hotel Clerk |
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Jerry Marlowe as Cabbie |
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Wallace Reid Jr. as Student |
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William Ruhl as G-Man |
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Frank Sheridan as Prison Chaplain |
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Edwin Stanley as Dr. Warner |
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Harry Tenbrook as Cabbie |
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Emmett Vogan as Det. Carpenter |
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Russell Wade as Student |
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Dave Willock as Student |
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Victor Zimmerman as G-Man |
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Robert Morgan as Hotel Associate |
| Directing | Arthur Lubin | Director |
| Camera | Elwood Bredell | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Eric Taylor | Screenplay |
| Writing | Curt Siodmak | Screenplay |
| Editing | Philip Cahn | Editor |
| Sound | Frank Skinner | Original Music Composer |
| Art | Jack Otterson | Art Direction |
| Production | Burt Kelly | Associate Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Vera West | Costume Design |
| Sound | Charles Carroll | Sound |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jack Pierce | Makeup Artist |
| Sound | Hans J. Salter | Music Director |
