The Black Sleep

Synopsis

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...

Main Cast

Basil Rathbone

Sir Joel Cadman

Age : 75 | Popularity : 76%

Herbert Rudley

Dr. Gordon Ramsay

Age : 96 | Popularity : 31%

Patricia Blair

Laurie Munroe

Age : N/A | Popularity : 39%

Akim Tamiroff

Odo the Gypsy

Age : N/A | Popularity : 85%

Phyllis Stanley

Daphne

Age : 77 | Popularity : 8%

Lon Chaney Jr.

Dr. Munroe, aka Mungo

Age : 67 | Popularity : 68%

Bela Lugosi

Casimir

Age : N/A | Popularity : 50%

John Carradine

Bohemund

Age : 82 | Popularity : 88%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Sound	Original Music Composer	Les Baxter
Directing	Director	Reginald Le Borg
Production	Producer	Howard W. Koch
	Executive Producer	Aubrey Schenck
Writing	Screenplay	John C. Higgins
	Story	Gerald Drayson Adams
Camera	Director of Photography	Gordon Avil
Costume & Make-Up	Hairstylist	Cherie Banks
	Makeup Artist	Ted Coodley
	Makeup Designer	George Bau
Visual Effects	Visual Effects	Jack Rabin Louis DeWitt
Editing	Editor	John F. Schreyer
Art	Set Decoration	Clarence Steensen
Department	Role	Name

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