The Black Sleep (1956)
The Black Sleep
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...
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Basil Rathbone
as Sir Joel Cadman
as Sir Joel Cadman
Herbert Rudley
as Dr. Gordon Ramsay
as Dr. Gordon Ramsay
Patricia Blair
as Laurie Munroe
as Laurie Munroe
Akim Tamiroff
as Odo the Gypsy
as Odo the Gypsy
Phyllis Stanley
as Daphne
as Daphne
Lon Chaney Jr.
as Dr. Munroe, aka Mungo
as Dr. Munroe, aka Mungo
Bela Lugosi
as Casimir
as Casimir
John Carradine
as Bohemund
as Bohemund
George Sawaya
as Sailor-Subject
as Sailor-Subject
Tor Johnson
as Mr. Curry
as Mr. Curry
Sally Yarnell
as Female Subject
as Female Subject
Peter Gordon
as Sgt. Steele
as Sgt. Steele
Claire Carleton
as Carmona Daly
as Carmona Daly
Clive Morgan
as Roundsman Blevins (uncredited)
as Roundsman Blevins (uncredited)
Louanna Gardner
as Angelina Cadman
as Angelina Cadman
Aubrey Schenck
as Prison Coroner's Clerk (uncredited)
as Prison Coroner's Clerk (uncredited)
John Sheffield
as Det. Redford (uncredited)
as Det. Redford (uncredited)
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Reginald Le Borg
Director
Director
John C. Higgins
Screenplay
Screenplay
Howard W. Koch
Producer
Producer
Les Baxter
Original Music Composer
Original Music Composer
Gerald Drayson Adams
Story
Story
Aubrey Schenck
Executive Producer
Executive Producer
Gordon Avil
Director of Photography
Director of Photography
John F. Schreyer
Editor
Editor
Clarence Steensen
Set Decoration
Set Decoration
Cherie Banks
Hairstylist
Hairstylist
Ted Coodley
Makeup Artist
Makeup Artist
George Bau
Makeup Designer
Makeup Designer
Louis DeWitt
Visual Effects
Visual Effects
Jack Rabin
Visual Effects
Visual Effects
