The Black Sleep
The Terror Drug That Wakes the Dead!
Genres
Overview
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...
Details
Budget
$225000
Revenue
$0
Runtime
82 min
Release Date
1956-06-15
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Vote Count
43
Vote Average
6.1
Basil Rathbone
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Herbert Rudley
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Patricia Blair
Laurie Munroe
Akim Tamiroff
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Phyllis Stanley
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Lon Chaney Jr.
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Bela Lugosi
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John Carradine
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George Sawaya
Sailor-Subject
Tor Johnson
Mr. Curry
Sally Yarnell
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Peter Gordon
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Claire Carleton
Carmona Daly
Clive Morgan
Roundsman Blevins (uncredited)
Louanna Gardner
Angelina Cadman
Aubrey Schenck
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John Sheffield
Det. Redford (uncredited)
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