The Black Sleep
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The Black Sleep

6 / 10 | 1h 22m | United States
1956 | Horror | Sci-Fi
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...

Cast List (20)

Reginald LeBorg
Reginald LeBorg
Director
Basil Rathbone
Basil Rathbone
Sir Joel Cadman
Akim Tamiroff
Akim Tamiroff
Odo
Lon Chaney Jr.
Lon Chaney Jr.
Mungo
John Carradine
John Carradine
Borg aka Bohemond
Bela Lugosi
Bela Lugosi
Casimir
Herbert Rudley
Herbert Rudley
Dr. Gordon Angus Ramsay
Patricia Blair
Patricia Blair
Laurie Monroe
Phyllis Stanley
Phyllis Stanley
Daphne
Tor Johnson
Tor Johnson
Curry
Sally Yarnell
Sally Yarnell
Nancy--Female Monster
George Sawaya
George Sawaya
K6 - Sailor
Claire Carleton
Claire Carleton
Carmona Daly
Louanna Gardner
Louanna Gardner
Angelina Cadman
Peter Gordon
Peter Gordon
Sgt. Steele
Clive Morgan
Clive Morgan
Roundsman Blevins
Aubrey Schenck
Aubrey Schenck
Prison Coroner's Clerk
John Sheffield
John Sheffield
Det. Redford
Gerald Drayson Adams
Gerald Drayson Adams
Writer
John C. Higgins
John C. Higgins
Writer

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