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The Black Sleep
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The Black Sleep

1956-06-15 · 82 min · ★ 6.2

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 physical and mental derangement...

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Directors
Reginald Le Borg
Production companies
Bel-Air Productions, United Artists
Countries
United States of America
Status
Released
Budget
USD 225,000

Top Cast

Basil RathboneBasil RathboneSir Joel Cadman
Herbert RudleyHerbert RudleyDr. Gordon Ramsay
Patricia BlairPatricia BlairLaurie Munroe
Akim TamiroffAkim TamiroffOdo the Gypsy
Phyllis StanleyPhyllis StanleyDaphne
Lon Chaney Jr.Lon Chaney Jr.Dr. Munroe, aka Mungo
Bela LugosiBela LugosiCasimir
John CarradineJohn CarradineBohemund
George SawayaGeorge SawayaSailor-Subject
Tor JohnsonTor JohnsonMr. Curry
Sally YarnellFemale Subject
Peter GordonSgt. Steele
Claire CarletonClaire CarletonCarmona Daly
Clive MorganRoundsman Blevins (uncredited)
Louanna GardnerAngelina Cadman
Aubrey SchenckPrison Coroner's Clerk (uncredited)
John SheffieldDet. Redford (uncredited)

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