The Black Sleep(Movie, 1956)

Name: The Black Sleep
Genre: Horror, Science Fiction
Released: 1956
Duration: T01:22:00
Rating: 3.2

FSK: 16+ years

| 1h 22min | Genres: Horror, Science Fiction

Rating: 3.2/5 (with 16 votes)

The Black Sleep is a 1956 American independent horror film directed by Reginald LeBorg, and written by John C. Higgins from a story by Gerald Drayson Adams. It stars Basil Rathbone, Lon Chaney Jr., John Carradine, Bela Lugosi, and Akim Tamiroff. Tor Johnson appears in a supporting role. The film was produced by Aubrey Schenck and Howard W. Koch, as part of a four-picture finance-for-distribution arrangement with United Artists. The film marked Bela Lugosi's last complete role before his death in August 1956, although some scenes featuring Lugosi were later included in Ed Wood's Plan 9 from Outer Space (in which ()

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About The Black Sleep

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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Trailer for The Black Sleep + Featurettes/Teaser/Clips

THE BLACK SLEEP Trailer(Trailer, 1:36)

THE BLACK SLEEP Trailer (Trailer) | Joe Dante on THE BLACK SLEEP (Featurette)

Additional Information

Production country: United States of America (USA)

Plays in: England

Made by: United Artists, Bel-Air Productions

Original language: English (EN)

Spoken languages: English (EN)

Translated into 7 languages: German (DE), English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Italian (IT), Portuguese (PT), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)

Status: Released

Release date DE: 11/29/1957 (World premiere: 06/15/1956)

Cast: Basil Rathbone, Akim Tamiroff, Lon Chaney Jr., John Carradine, Bela Lugosi, Herbert Rudley, Tor Johnson, Peter Gordon, Aubrey Schenck, Patricia Blair, Phyllis Stanley, Claire Carleton

Director: Reginald Le Borg

Producer: Howard W. Koch

Screenwriter: John C. Higgins, Gerald Drayson Adams

Director of Photography: Gordon Avil

Composer: Les Baxter

Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):

"Dr. Cadman's Secret"

Keywords: brain surgeon, mad doctor, suspended animation, experiment, england

Budget: 225,000 USD

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