Colony
2026 · Action · Horror
← Back to discoveries
Film / 1939
The Man They Could Not Hang
Directed by
Nick Grindé
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.
The story
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.
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
See more cast
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)
More to discover
Alien
1979 · Horror · Science fiction
A Clockwork Orange
1971 · Science fiction · Crime
Resident Evil
2026 · Horror · Science fiction
The Thing
1982 · Horror · Mystery
Backrooms
2026 · Horror · Mystery