The Black Sleep
The Terror Drug That Wakes the Dead!
1956 | 82m | English
Popularity: 3 (history)
| Director: | Reginald Le Borg |
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| Writer: | Gerald Drayson Adams, John C. Higgins |
| Staring: |
| 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... | |
| Release Date: | Jun 15, 1956 |
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| Director: | Reginald Le Borg |
| Writer: | Gerald Drayson Adams, John C. Higgins |
| Genres: | Science Fiction, Horror |
| Keywords | england, experiment, mad doctor, brain surgeon, suspended animation |
| Production Companies | United Artists, Bel-Air Productions |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $225,000 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 04, 2024 Entered: Apr 20, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Basil Rathbone | Sir Joel Cadman |
| Herbert Rudley | Dr. Gordon Ramsay |
| Patricia Blair | Laurie Munroe |
| Akim Tamiroff | Odo the Gypsy |
| Phyllis Stanley | Daphne |
| Lon Chaney Jr. | Dr. Munroe, aka Mungo |
| Bela Lugosi | Casimir |
| John Carradine | Bohemund |
| George Sawaya | Sailor-Subject |
| Tor Johnson | Mr. Curry |
| Sally Yarnell | Female Subject |
| Peter Gordon | Sgt. Steele |
| Claire Carleton | Carmona Daly |
| Clive Morgan | Roundsman Blevins (uncredited) |
| Louanna Gardner | Angelina Cadman |
| Aubrey Schenck | Prison Coroner's Clerk (uncredited) |
| John Sheffield | Det. Redford (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Reginald Le Borg | Director |
| Les Baxter | Original Music Composer |
| Gerald Drayson Adams | Story |
| John C. Higgins | Screenplay |
| Gordon Avil | Director of Photography |
| John F. Schreyer | Editor |
| Clarence Steensen | Set Decoration |
| Cherie Banks | Hairstylist |
| Ted Coodley | Makeup Artist |
| George Bau | Makeup Designer |
| Louis DeWitt | Visual Effects |
| Jack Rabin | Visual Effects |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Howard W. Koch | Producer |
| Aubrey Schenck | Executive Producer |
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