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Film / 1940
Black Friday
Directed by
Arthur Lubin
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.
The story
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.
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Cast
Stanley RidgesProf. George Kingsley / Red Cannon
Boris KarloffDr. Ernest Sovac
Bela LugosiEric Marnay
Anne NagelSunny Rogers
Anne GwynneJean Sovac
Virginia BrissacMrs. Margaret Kingsley
Edmund MacDonaldFrank Miller
Paul FixWilliam Kane
Murray AlperBellhop
Jack MulhallBartender
Raymond BaileyLouis Devore
Joe KingChief of Police
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John KellyTaxi Driver
Jessie ArnoldNurse
Elfriede Borodin2nd Nurse
Tommy ConlonStudent
Franco CorsaroClub Maitre d' (uncredited)
James CraigReporter Ernst Gives Notes To
Kernan CrippsDetective
Eddie DunnDet. Farnow
Edward EarleDetective
Harry HaydenPrison Doctor
Frank JaquetFat Man in Bar
Ellen LoweMidtown Hotel Maid
Jerry MarloweMidtown Hotel Clerk
Wallace Reid Jr.Student
William RuhlG-Man
Frank SheridanPrison Chaplain
Edwin StanleyDr. Warner
Harry TenbrookCabbie
Emmett VoganDet. Carpenter
Russell WadeStudent
Dave WillockStudent
Victor ZimmermanG-Man
Robert MorganHotel Associate
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