Story Line
University professor George Kingsley is struck by gangsters while crossing the street, leaving him with brain damage and one of the gangsters, Cannon, paralyzed. Kingsley's friend Dr. Sovac attends to both men, and when Cannon offers him a reward for aiding his recovery, Kovac transplants part of Cannon's brain into the dying Kingsley's skull, creating a dual personality.
“A Reign Of HORROR... a man-made monster on the loose!”
Top Cast

Stanley Ridges
Prof. George Kingsley / Red Cannon

Boris Karloff
Dr. Ernest Sovac

Bela Lugosi
Eric Marnay

Anne Nagel
Sunny Rogers

Anne Gwynne
Jean Sovac

Virginia Brissac
Mrs. Margaret Kingsley
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Rating
6.0/ 10
Release Date
1940-02-29
Runtime
1h 10m
Genres
Science FictionCrimeHorrorMysteryDrama
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User Reviews (2)

JPV852
5/10
•8/28/2019Disappointing movie if only because Karloff and Lugosi do not share a single scene together and they pretty much play second and third fiddle to Stanley Ridges who was okay in a dual role. Otherwise a bland movie.

CinemaSerf
5/10
•6/23/2022Stanley Ridges ("Prof. Kingsley") is seriously ill when Boris Karloff ("Dr. Sovac") performs a highly unethical operation to replace his brain with that of gangster "Red Cannon". Though successful in prolonging his friend's life, the newly invigorate...






