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The Man They Could Not Hang

TRANSFORMED BY THE HANGMAN'S NOOSE... from a doctor serving humanity, into a demon filled with hate and terrorizing blood-lust!

NR Science Fiction Horror Crime

Starring: Boris Karloff, Lorna Gray, Robert Wilcox, Roger Pryor, Don Beddoe

Writer: George Wallace Sayre, Leslie T. White, Karl Brown

Release Date:
August 17, 1939
Ratings:
6.6 / 10
Director:
Nick Grindé
Companies:
Columbia Pictures

Overview

Dr. Henryk Savaard is a scientist working on experiments to restore life to the dead. When he is unjustly hanged for murder, he is brought back to life by his trusted assistant. Re-animated he turns decidedly nasty and sets about murdering the jury that convicted him.