Black Friday (1940)
Science FictionCrimeHorrorMysteryDrama
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.
Director:
Arthur Lubin
Writers:
Curt Siodmak, Eric Taylor.
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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 |
| Writing | Curt Siodmak | Screenplay |
| Writing | Eric Taylor | Screenplay |
| Camera | Elwood Bredell | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Philip Cahn | Editor |
| Sound | Frank Skinner | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Burt Kelly | Associate Producer |
| Art | Jack Otterson | Art Direction |
| Costume & Make-Up | Vera West | Costume Design |
| Sound | Charles Carroll | Sound |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jack Pierce | Makeup Artist |
| Sound | Hans J. Salter | Music Director |
