Movie
Black Friday
Released: April 12, 1940 (1940)
Runtime: 70 minutes
Genres: Science Fiction, Crime, Horror, Mystery
University professor George Kingsley is struck by gangsters while crossing the street, leaving him with brain damage and one of the gangsters, Cannon, paralyzed. Kingsley's friend Dr. Sovac attends to both men, and when Cannon offers him a reward for aiding his recovery, Kovac transplants part of Cannon's brain into the dying Kingsley's skull, creating a dual personality.
Main Cast (Top 10 billed, oldest first)
- Bela Lugosi as Eric Marnay
Age at release: 57
- Virginia Brissac as Mrs. Margaret Kingsley
Age at release: 56
- Boris Karloff as Dr. Ernest Sovac
Age at release: 52
- Jack Mulhall as Bartender
Age at release: 52
- Stanley Ridges as Prof. George Kingsley / Red Cannon
Age at release: 49
- Paul Fix as William Kane
Age at release: 39
- Murray Alper as Bellhop
Age at release: 36
- Edmund MacDonald as Frank Miller
Age at release: 31
- Anne Nagel as Sunny Rogers
Age at release: 24
- Anne Gwynne as Jean Sovac
Age at release: 21
Show more cast
- Frank Sheridan as Prison Chaplain
Age at release: 70
- Edwin Stanley as Dr. Warner
Age at release: 59
- Joe King as Chief of Police
Age at release: 57
- Edward Earle as Detective
Age at release: 57
- Harry Hayden as Prison Doctor
Age at release: 57
- Jessie Arnold as Nurse
Age at release: 55
- Frank Jaquet as Fat Man in Bar
Age at release: 55
- Kernan Cripps as Detective
Age at release: 53
- Eddie Dunn as Det. Farnow
Age at release: 44
- Jerry Marlowe as Midtown Hotel Clerk
Age at release: 43
- Jerry Marlowe as Cabbie
Age at release: 43
- Ellen Lowe as Midtown Hotel Maid
Age at release: 41
- Franco Corsaro as Club Maitre d' (uncredited)
Age at release: 39
- John Kelly as Taxi Driver
Age at release: 38
- William Ruhl as G-Man
Age at release: 38
- Raymond Bailey as Louis Devore
Age at release: 35
- James Craig as Reporter Ernst Gives Notes To
Age at release: 28
- Tommy Conlon as Student
Age at release: 22
- Wallace Reid Jr. as Student
Age at release: 22
- Elfriede Borodin as 2nd Nurse
Age at release: Unknown