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The Man They Could Not Hang

6.6

Released August 17, 1939Runtime 1h 4min

TRANSFORMED BY THE HANGMAN'S NOOSE... from a doctor serving humanity, into a demon filled with hate and terrorizing blood-lust!

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.

Genres

Science Fiction

Horror

Crime

Production Companies

Columbia Pictures

Production Countries

United States of America

Finances

Budget: $0
Revenue: $0
Profit/Loss: $0

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Cast

Boris KarloffDr. Henryk Savaard

Lorna GrayJanet Savaard

Robert Wilcox'Scoop' Foley

Roger PryorDistrict Attorney Drake

Don BeddoeLieutenant Shane

Ann DoranBetty Crawford

Joe De StefaniDr. Stoddard

Charles TrowbridgeJudge Bowman

Byron FoulgerLang

Dick CurtisJury Foreman Clifford Kearney

James CraigJuror Watkins

John TyrrellJuror Sutton

George AndersonPrison Warden (uncredited)

Stanley BlystonePrison Guard (uncredited)

Sam AshDruggist (uncredited)

Harlan BriggsDefense Attorney Parker (uncredited)

Stanley BrownBob Roberts (uncredited)

Flo CampbellHousewife (uncredited)

John DilsonKing - City Editor (uncredited)

Carl FaulknerBailiff (uncredited)

Chuck HamiltonJuror (uncredited)

Frank JaquetCigar-Smoking Fat Juror (uncredited)

Kenner G. KempReporter (uncredited)

William LallyBailiff (uncredited)

Perc LaundersBailiff (uncredited)

Larry LundCourt Clerk (uncredited)

Ian MaclarenPriest (uncredited)

Charles McAvoyPrison Official (uncredited)

Charles MillerDr. Avery - Juror (uncredited)

Bert MoorhouseReporter (uncredited)

Franklin ParkerSecond Reporter (uncredited)

Tom QuinnReporter (uncredited)

Bob ReevesJuror (uncredited)

Walter SandeReporter at Typewriter (uncredited)

Robert SterlingFirst Reporter (uncredited)

Edward ThomasButler (uncredited)

Cyril ThorntonSenior Butler (uncredited)

Crew

Nick GrindéDirector

Karl BrownScreenplay

Leslie T. WhiteStory

George Wallace SayreStory

Wallace MacDonaldProducer

William A. LyonEditor

Benjamin H. KlineDirector of Photography

Joseph NussbaumMusic

R. H. BassettMusic

Clay CampbellMakeup Artist

Ben OaklandMusic

Karol RathausMusic

George ParrishMusic

Gregory StoneMusic

William Grant StillMusic

Morris StoloffMusic Director

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