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The Man They Could Not Hang (1939)

NR · 1939-08-17 · 1h 4m · EN
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TRANSFORMED BY THE HANGMAN'S NOOSE... from a doctor serving humanity, into a demon filled with hate and terrorizing blood-lust!

Dr. Henryk Savaard is a scientist working on experiments to restore life to the dead. When he is unjustly hanged for murder, he is brought back to life by his trusted assistant. Re-animated he turns decidedly nasty and sets about murdering the jury that convicted him.

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Boris KarloffBoris KarloffDr. Henryk SavaardLorna GrayLorna GrayJanet SavaardRobert WilcoxRobert Wilcox'Scoop' FoleyRoger PryorRoger PryorDistrict Attorney DrakeDon BeddoeDon BeddoeLieutenant ShaneAnn DoranAnn DoranBetty CrawfordJoe De StefaniJoe De StefaniDr. StoddardCharles TrowbridgeCharles TrowbridgeJudge BowmanByron FoulgerByron FoulgerLangDick CurtisDick CurtisJury Foreman Clifford KearneyJames CraigJames CraigJuror WatkinsJohn TyrrellJohn TyrrellJuror Sutton

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MurderRevengeFather daughter relationshipExperimentMad scientistBack from the deadRevenge motivePolice raidDeath sentencePre-codeReanimationHeart transplantArtificial heart

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Genre affinityCrime · Horror · Science FictionTheme affinityMurder · Revenge · Father Daughter RelationshipVisual styleReanimationPacingShortDirector preference337603Actor preference298381 · 363689 · 206390

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Dr. Henryk Savaard is a scientist working on experiments to restore life to the dead. When he is unjustly hanged for murder, he is brought back to life by his trusted assistant. Re-animated he turns decidedly nasty and sets about murdering the jury that convicted him.

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The Man They Could Not Hang has a runtime of 64 minutes.

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