The Man with Nine Lives
He kills in the name of science...Tombs of ice for the living...Chambers of horror for the dead!
1940 | 74m | English
Popularity: 2 (history)
| Director: | Nick Grindé |
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| Writer: | Harold Shumate, Karl Brown |
| Staring: |
| Dr. Leon Kravaal develops a potential cure for cancer, which involves freezing the patient. But an experiment goes awry when authorities believe Kravaal has killed a patient. Kravaal freezes the officials, along with himself. Years later, they are discovered and revived in hopes that Kravaal can indeed complete his cure. But human greed and weakness compound to disrupt the project. | |
| Release Date: | Apr 18, 1940 |
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| Director: | Nick Grindé |
| Writer: | Harold Shumate, Karl Brown |
| Genres: | Science Fiction, Horror |
| Keywords | canada, island, cryogenics, glacier, murder, flashback, mad scientist, cancer, mad doctor, doctor, revenge motive, frozen alive, scientific experiment, ice cave, medical experiment |
| Production Companies | Columbia Pictures |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 10, 2025 Entered: Apr 20, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Boris Karloff | Dr. Leon Kravaal |
| Roger Pryor | Dr. Tim Mason |
| Jo Ann Sayers | Nurse Judith Blair |
| Stanley Brown | Bob Adams |
| John Dilson | John Hawthorne |
| Hal Taliaferro | Sheriff Stanton |
| Byron Foulger | Dr. Bassett |
| Charles Trowbridge | Dr. Harvey |
| Ernie Adams | Pete Daggett |
| Minta Durfee | Frozen Therapy Patient (uncredited) |
| Charles Miller | Doctor Spectator Explaining Procedure (uncredited) |
| Eddie Dew | Doctor Spectator Listening to Explanation (uncredited) |
| James Conaty | Doctor Spectator (uncredited) |
| Wedgwood Nowell | Doctor Spectator (uncredited) |
| Cyril Ring | Doctor Spectator (uncredited) |
| William Marion | Doctor Spectator (uncredited) |
| Landers Stevens | Doctor Spectator (uncredited) |
| Ivan Miller | Sheriff Haley (uncredited) |
| Bruce Bennett | State Trooper (uncredited) |
| Charles Halton | Doctor in Front Row in Final Scene (uncredited) |
| Lee Willard | Frozen Body of Jasper Adams (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Harold Shumate | Story |
| Al Clark | Editor |
| Lionel Banks | Art Direction |
| Gerard Carbonara | Music |
| Karol Rathaus | Music |
| Karl Brown | Screenplay |
| Benjamin H. Kline | Director of Photography |
| Ralph S. Willard | Technical Advisor |
| Fred B. Phillips | Makeup Artist |
| Mischa Bakaleinikoff | Music |
| Ben Oakland | Music |
| Gregory Stone | Music |
| Nick Grindé | Director |
| Edward Bernds | Sound Engineer |
| Morris Stoloff | Music Director |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Irving Briskin | Executive Producer |
| Wallace MacDonald | Producer |
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| 2024 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 2 |
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| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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