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The Man They Could Not Hang

1939-08-171h 4mScience Fiction / Horror / Crime6.6/10TMDB · 49 votes

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.

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

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Directed byNick Grindé

Original languageEnglish

Original release1939-08-17

ProductionUnited States of America

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Boris KarloffDr. Henryk Savaard

Lorna GrayJanet Savaard

Robert Wilcox'Scoop' Foley

Roger PryorDistrict Attorney Drake

Don BeddoeLieutenant Shane

Ann DoranBetty Crawford

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Joe De StefaniDr. Stoddard Charles TrowbridgeJudge Bowman Byron FoulgerLang Dick CurtisJury Foreman Clifford Kearney James CraigJuror Watkins John TyrrellJuror Sutton George AndersonPrison Warden (uncredited)Stanley BlystonePrison Guard (uncredited)Sam AshDruggist (uncredited)Harlan BriggsDefense Attorney Parker (uncredited)Stanley BrownBob Roberts (uncredited)Flo CampbellHousewife (uncredited)John DilsonKing - City Editor (uncredited)Carl FaulknerBailiff (uncredited)Chuck HamiltonJuror (uncredited)Frank JaquetCigar-Smoking Fat Juror (uncredited)Kenner G. KempReporter (uncredited)William LallyBailiff (uncredited)Perc LaundersBailiff (uncredited)Larry LundCourt Clerk (uncredited)Ian MaclarenPriest (uncredited)Charles McAvoyPrison Official (uncredited)Charles MillerDr. Avery - Juror (uncredited)Bert MoorhouseReporter (uncredited)Franklin ParkerSecond Reporter (uncredited)Tom QuinnReporter (uncredited)Bob ReevesJuror (uncredited)Walter SandeReporter at Typewriter (uncredited)Robert SterlingFirst Reporter (uncredited)Edward ThomasButler (uncredited)Cyril ThorntonSenior Butler (uncredited)

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