Overview:
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.| Status: | Released (1940-02-29) |
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| Awards: | 1 win |
| Screen: | Curt Siodmak, Eric Taylor, Edmund L. Hartmann |
| Productions: | Universal Pictures |
| Production Countries: | United States of America |
| Spoken Languages: | English |
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Casts
- 2496: Stanley Ridges - Prof. George Kingsley / Red Cannon
- 2922: Boris Karloff - Dr. Ernest Sovac
- 1547: Bela Lugosi - Eric Marnay
- 34471: Anne Nagel - Sunny Rogers
- 30415: Anne Gwynne - Jean Sovac
- 2780: Virginia Brissac - Mrs. Margaret Kingsley
- 85995: Edmund MacDonald - Frank Miller
Crews
- 78845: Arthur Lubin - Director - Directing
- 103050: Elwood Bredell - Director of Photography - Camera
- 30128: Eric Taylor - Screenplay - Writing
- 5028: Curt Siodmak - Screenplay - Writing
- 30412: Philip Cahn - Editor - Editing
- 30104: Frank Skinner - Original Music Composer - Sound
- 13958: Jack Otterson - Art Direction - Art
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Reviews
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Disappointing movie if only because Karloff and Lugosi do not share a single scene together and they pretty much play second and third fiddle to Stanley Ridges who was okay in a dual role. Otherwise a bland movie.
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Stanley Ridges ("Prof. Kingsley") is seriously ill when Boris Karloff ("Dr. Sovac") performs a highly unethical operation to replace his brain with that of gangster "Red Cannon". Though successful in prolonging his friend's life, the newly invigorated Professor begins to demonstrate ....
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