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The Black Sleep( 1956)

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The Terror Drug That Wakes the Dead!

Overview

In 19th century England, a noted brain surgeon rescues a former student from being hanged on a false conviction for murder, and spirits him away to an ancient, repurposed abbey far in the countryside. There, he connives his pupil into assisting him in mapping the functions of the various parts of the human brain, using living subjects who are under a terrible animation-suspending drug called "black sleep". Subsequently, the student, along with the daughter of one of the subjects, discover that most of these subjects have survived but are being kept in a dungeon-like cellar, in various stages of physical and mental derangement...

    Top Billed Cast

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      Basil Rathbone

      Sir Joel Cadman

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      Herbert Rudley

      Dr. Gordon Ramsay

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      Patricia Blair

      Laurie Munroe

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      Akim Tamiroff

      Odo the Gypsy

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      Phyllis Stanley

      Daphne

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      Lon Chaney Jr.

      Dr. Munroe, aka Mungo

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      Bela Lugosi

      Casimir

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      John Carradine

      Bohemund

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      George Sawaya

      Sailor-Subject

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      Tor Johnson

      Mr. Curry

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      Sally Yarnell

      Female Subject

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      Peter Gordon

      Sgt. Steele

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      Claire Carleton

      Carmona Daly

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      Clive Morgan

      Roundsman Blevins (uncredited)

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      Louanna Gardner

      Angelina Cadman

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      Aubrey Schenck

      Prison Coroner's Clerk (uncredited)

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      John Sheffield

      Det. Redford (uncredited)

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    225000.00

    Revenue

    -

    Keywords

    • experiment
    • england
    • mad doctor
    • brain surgeon
    • suspended animation