Movie Description
The Black Sleep
(1956)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...
Featured Crew
- Director : Reginald Le Borg
- Producer : Howard W. Koch
- Editor : John F. Schreyer
- Cast : Basil Rathbone,Herbert Rudley,Patricia Blair,Akim Tamiroff,Phyllis Stanley,Lon Chaney Jr.,Bela Lugosi,John Carradine,George Sawaya,Tor Johnson,Sally Yarnell,Peter Gordon,Claire Carleton,Clive Morgan,Louanna Gardner,Aubrey Schenck,John Sheffield
Cast
Sir Joel Cadman
Dr. Gordon Ramsay
Laurie Munroe
Odo the Gypsy
Daphne
Dr. Munroe, aka Mungo
Casimir
Bohemund
Sailor-Subject
Mr. Curry
Female Subject
Sgt. Steele
Carmona Daly
Roundsman Blevins (uncredited)
Angelina Cadman
Prison Coroner's Clerk (uncredited)
Det. Redford (uncredited)
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Facts
Original TitleThe Black Sleep
Status Released
Release Information
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1956-06-15
Original LanguageEnglish
Runtime 01h 22m
Budget₹ 225000
Production CompaniesBel-Air Productions,United Artists
Genres
- Horror
- Science Fiction
