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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...

Release : June 15, 1956

Budget : $225,000.00

Revenue : $0.00

Duration : 82 minutes

Rating : 6.10

Compilation / Trailer Video

Credits

Basil Rathbone

Basil Rathbone ( Basil Rathbone )

Sir Joel Cadman

Herbert Rudley

Herbert Rudley ( Herbert Rudley )

Dr. Gordon Ramsay

Patricia Blair

Patricia Blair ( Patricia Blair )

Laurie Munroe

Akim Tamiroff

Akim Tamiroff ( Akim Tamiroff )

Odo the Gypsy

Phyllis Stanley

Phyllis Stanley ( Phyllis Stanley )

Daphne

Lon Chaney Jr.

Lon Chaney Jr. ( Lon Chaney Jr. )

Dr. Munroe, aka Mungo

Bela Lugosi

Bela Lugosi ( Bela Lugosi )

Casimir

John Carradine

John Carradine ( John Carradine )

Bohemund

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George Sawaya ( George Sawaya )

Sailor-Subject

Tor Johnson

Tor Johnson ( Tor Johnson )

Mr. Curry

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Sally Yarnell ( Sally Yarnell )

Female Subject

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Peter Gordon ( Peter Gordon )

Sgt. Steele

Claire Carleton

Claire Carleton ( Claire Carleton )

Carmona Daly

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Clive Morgan ( Clive Morgan )

Roundsman Blevins (uncredited)

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Louanna Gardner ( Louanna Gardner )

Angelina Cadman

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Aubrey Schenck ( Aubrey Schenck )

Prison Coroner's Clerk (uncredited)

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John Sheffield ( John Sheffield )

Det. Redford (uncredited)

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