The Black Sleep (1956)

Horror Science Fiction

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 derangement...

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1956-06-15

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england paralysis mad doctor human experimentation

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Runtime: 82 mins Budget: $225,000 Rating: 6.4 Tag Line: The Terror Drug That Wakes the Dead!

Cast

Bela Lugosi

Casimir

Lon Chaney Jr.

Mungo / Dr. Munroe

John Carradine

Bohemund

Basil Rathbone

Sir Joel Cadman

Peter Gordon

Sgt. Steele

Akim Tamiroff

Professor Odo

Herbert Rudley

Dr. Gordon Ramsay

Claire Carleton

Carmona Daly