Black Friday (1940)

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(2876)

Country: USA
Genres: Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Release: 1940-04-12
Director: Arthur Lubin
Writers: Curt Siodmak , Eric Taylor
Language: English
Stars: Boris Karloff , Bela Lugosi , Stanley Ridges , Stanley Ridges , Anne Nagel , Anne Gwynne , Virginia Brissac , Edmund MacDonald , Paul Fix , Murray Alper , Jack Mulhall
Runtime: 70 min
Awards: 1 win
AKA: Black Friday (United Kingdom) , Viernes 13 (Mexico) , Crni petak , Sexta-Feira, 13 (Portugal, Portuguese Republic) , Viernes 13 (Venezuela) , Schwarzer Freitag , Черен петък (Bulgaria) , Viernes 13 (Spain) , Sexta-Feira 13 (Brazil) , Friday the Thirteenth (India) , Black Friday (Canada) , Fekete péntek (Hungary) , Svarta fredagen (Sweden) , Black Friday , Vendredi 13 (France, French Republic) , Чёрная пятница , Чорна п'ятниця (Ukraine) , Vinerea neagră (Romania) , Friday the Thirteenth (United States of America) , Black Friday (United States of America) , Viernes 13 (Argentina) , Ta eglimata enos allou (Greece) , Crni petak (Croatia)
Plot: When his friend Professor Kingsley is at deaths door, brain surgeon Dr. Sovac saves his life by means of an illegal operation that transplants part of injured gangster Red Cannon's brain. Unfortunately, the operation has a disastrous Jeckll and Hyde side effect and under certain conditions the persona of Cannon emerges. Sovac soon learns of the duel personality and of half a million dollars the gangster has hidden away. He attempts to find the money through the manipulation of his friend, an attempt that brings Kingsley closer to madness as he alternates between a meek professor of English and a brutal gangster out for murderous revenge on those who tried to kill him.
IMDB:tt0032258