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    The Black Sleep

    82'

    1956-06-15

    6.2

    The Terror Drug That Wakes the Dead!

    Horror,Science Fiction

    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...

    DirectingReginald Le BorgWritingJohn C. Higgins

    Watch Providers (US)

    - Amazon Video

    Cast

    2

    Sir Joel Cadman

    Basil Rathbone

    1

    Dr. Gordon Ramsay

    Herbert Rudley

    1

    Laurie Munroe

    Patricia Blair

    1

    Odo the Gypsy

    Akim Tamiroff

    1

    Daphne

    Phyllis Stanley

    2

    Dr. Munroe, aka Mungo

    Lon Chaney Jr.

    2

    Casimir

    Bela Lugosi

    2

    Bohemund

    John Carradine

    1

    Sailor-Subject

    George Sawaya

    1

    Mr. Curry

    Tor Johnson

    1

    Female Subject

    Sally Yarnell

    1

    Sgt. Steele

    Peter Gordon

    1

    Carmona Daly

    Claire Carleton

    1

    Roundsman Blevins (uncredited)

    Clive Morgan

    1

    Angelina Cadman

    Louanna Gardner

    1

    Prison Coroner's Clerk (uncredited)

    Aubrey Schenck

    1

    Det. Redford (uncredited)

    John Sheffield

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    Details:

    • Budget: 225000
    • Home page
    • Revenue: 0
    • List of countries:
      1. United States of America
    • List of languages:
      1. English
    • List of companies:
      1. Bel-Air Productions
      2. United Artists
    • Vote Count: 45
    • Popularity: 0.7987
    • Status: Released
    • Original title:The Black Sleep

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