Black Friday (1940) | |
| Director(s) | Arthur Lubin |
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| Top Genres | Crime, Drama, Horror, Science Fiction |
| Top Topics | Mad Scientists |
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Black Friday (1940) was a Drama - Horror Film directed by Arthur Lubin .
SYNOPSIS
When a professor gets seriously hurt in a car crash with a gangster, a surgeon (Karloff) makes a risky, desperate decision: he saves his friend's life by transferring the brain of a dying gangster into the professor's body. But the surgeon's original good intentions fade when he learns that, embedded in the criminal's brain, is information regarding a hidden fortune. Determined to get the money, the doctor manipulates his patient into temporarily assuming the gangster's personality, and the criminal mind takes over, seeking revenge on a rival gangster (Lugosi). Neat mystery tale with horror overtones added by presence of monster-movie stars.
(Source: available at Amazon AMC Classic Movie Companion).
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Warner Archive Black Friday Sale
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Bela Lugosi was originally cast as Dr. Sovac and Boris Karloff as Kingsley/Cannon, but Karloff's interpretation of the gangster was unconvincing and he was replaced by Stanley Ridges. Karloff instead got the role as Dr. Sovac and Lugosi got a minor role, although his second billing remained. (Bojarski, "The Films of Bela Lugosi", 1980)
Originally budgeted at $130,750.
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