The Man with Nine Lives (1940)
He kills in the name of science...Tombs of ice for the living...Chambers of horror for the dead!
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.
- Date of release
- 1940-04-18
- TMDB
- 6.3 / 10 (26)
- Runtime
- 1h 14m
- Genres
- Science Fiction, Horror
- Director
- Nick Grindé
Casting
- 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)
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