Black Friday
1940University 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.
Acted in
Stanley Ridges
as Prof. George Kingsley / Red Cannon
Boris Karloff
as Dr. Ernest Sovac
Bela Lugosi
as Eric Marnay
Anne Nagel
as Sunny Rogers
Anne Gwynne
as Jean Sovac
Virginia Brissac
as Mrs. Margaret Kingsley
Edmund MacDonald
as Frank Miller
Paul Fix
as William Kane
Murray Alper
as Bellhop
Jack Mulhall
as Bartender
Raymond Bailey
as Louis Devore
Joe King
as Chief of Police
John Kelly
as Taxi Driver
Jessie Arnold
as Nurse
Elfriede Borodin
as 2nd Nurse
Tommy Conlon
as Student
Franco Corsaro
as Club Maitre d' (uncredited)
James Craig
as Reporter Ernst Gives Notes To
Kernan Cripps
as Detective
Eddie Dunn
as Det. Farnow
Edward Earle
as Detective
Harry Hayden
as Prison Doctor
Frank Jaquet
as Fat Man in Bar
Ellen Lowe
as Midtown Hotel Maid
Jerry Marlowe
as Midtown Hotel Clerk
Jerry Marlowe
as Cabbie
Wallace Reid Jr.
as Student
William Ruhl
as G-Man
Frank Sheridan
as Prison Chaplain
Edwin Stanley
as Dr. Warner
Harry Tenbrook
as Cabbie
Emmett Vogan
as Det. Carpenter
Russell Wade
as Student
Dave Willock
as Student
Victor Zimmerman
as G-Man
Robert Morgan
as Hotel Associate