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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...
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- verified Status: Released
- calendar_month Release Date: 1956-06-15
- video_camera_front Companies Bel-Air Productions, United Artists
- timer Runtime: 82 Mins
- star Rating: 6.1 / 10
- favorite Likes: 43 Likes
- info IMDB ID tt0049013
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smart_display Cast
Basil Rathbone
Sir Joel Cadman
Herbert Rudley
Dr. Gordon Ramsay
Patricia Blair
Laurie Munroe
Akim Tamiroff
Odo the Gypsy
Phyllis Stanley
Daphne
Lon Chaney Jr.
Dr. Munroe, aka Mungo
Bela Lugosi
Casimir
John Carradine
Bohemund
George Sawaya
Sailor-Subject
Tor Johnson
Mr. Curry
Sally Yarnell
Female Subject
Peter Gordon
Sgt. Steele
Claire Carleton
Carmona Daly
Clive Morgan
Roundsman Blevins (uncredited)
Louanna Gardner
Angelina Cadman
Aubrey Schenck
Prison Coroner's Clerk (uncredited)
John Sheffield
Det. Redford (uncredited)
groups Crew
Reginald Le Borg
Director
John C. Higgins
Screenplay
Howard W. Koch
Producer
Les Baxter
Original Music Composer
Gerald Drayson Adams
Story
Aubrey Schenck
Executive Producer
Gordon Avil
Director of Photography
John F. Schreyer
Editor
Clarence Steensen
Set Decoration
Cherie Banks
Hairstylist
Ted Coodley
Makeup Artist
George Bau
Makeup Designer
Louis DeWitt
Visual Effects
Jack Rabin
Visual Effects
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