The Man They Could Not Hang

Directed by Nick Grindé
1939    64m    Not Rated
Horror, Science Fiction, Crime
6.871%73%
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Mad scientist Dr. Henryk Savaard is obsessed with bringing the dead back to life. The police are alerted to Savaard's activities, however, and Savaard is arrested, convicted, and sentenced to hang. He vows revenge on the judge, jury, and district attorney. After the hanging, his assistant claims the corpse and uses Savaard's technique to bring the doctor back to life. Now the mad scientist can seek sweet revenge on his perceived enemies.
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Cast of The Man They Could Not Hang
  • 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
  • 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)
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