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The Man They Could Not Hang

  • 1939
  • Approved
  • 1 Std. 4 Min.
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Boris Karloff and Lorna Gray in The Man They Could Not Hang (1939)
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HorrorKriminalitätScience-Fiction

Füge eine Handlung in deiner Sprache hinzuWhen Dr. Savaard's experiment in cryonics is interrupted by the short-sighted authorities, his volunteer dies, and he is condemned to death. He vows vengeance if he can survive his own hangi... Alles lesenWhen Dr. Savaard's experiment in cryonics is interrupted by the short-sighted authorities, his volunteer dies, and he is condemned to death. He vows vengeance if he can survive his own hanging.When Dr. Savaard's experiment in cryonics is interrupted by the short-sighted authorities, his volunteer dies, and he is condemned to death. He vows vengeance if he can survive his own hanging.

  • Regie
    • Nick Grinde
  • Drehbuch
    • Karl Brown
    • Leslie T. White
    • George Wallace Sayre
  • Hauptbesetzung
    • Boris Karloff
    • Lorna Gray
    • Robert Wilcox
  • Siehe Produktionsinformationen bei IMDbPro
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    • Regie
      • Nick Grinde
    • Drehbuch
      • Karl Brown
      • Leslie T. White
      • George Wallace Sayre
    • Hauptbesetzung
      • Boris Karloff
      • Lorna Gray
      • Robert Wilcox
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  • Siehe Produktionsinformationen bei IMDbPro
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    Boris Karloff
    Boris Karloff
    • Dr. Henryk Savaard
    Lorna Gray
    Lorna Gray
    • Janet Savaard
    Robert Wilcox
    Robert Wilcox
    • 'Scoop' Foley
    Roger Pryor
    Roger Pryor
    • District Attorney Drake
    Don Beddoe
    Don Beddoe
    • Lieutenant Shane
    Ann Doran
    Ann Doran
    • Betty Crawford
    Joe De Stefani
    • Dr. Stoddard
    • (as Joseph De Stefani)
    Charles Trowbridge
    Charles Trowbridge
    • Judge Bowman
    Byron Foulger
    Byron Foulger
    • Lang
    Dick Curtis
    Dick Curtis
    • Kearney
    James Craig
    James Craig
    • Watkins
    John Tyrrell
    John Tyrrell
    • Sutton
    George Anderson
    • Prison Warden
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    Sam Ash
    Sam Ash
    • Druggist
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    Sam Bagley
    • Courtroom Spectator
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    Stanley Blystone
    Stanley Blystone
    • Prison Guard
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    Harlan Briggs
    Harlan Briggs
    • Defense Attorney Parker
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    Stanley Brown
    Stanley Brown
    • Bob Roberts
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    • Regie
      • Nick Grinde
    • Drehbuch
      • Karl Brown
      • Leslie T. White
      • George Wallace Sayre
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    BaronBl00d

    You Have Fifteen Minutes Left To Live...

    Karloff plays Dr. Saavard, a scientist involved in creating an artificial heart and hopefully the means to extend life and perhaps realize immortality. A young man offers his services to him, and accidentally dies. Karloff is brought to trial, convicted and hung. He comes back(as we new he would from the name of the title) and seeks revenge on all those responsible for his "death." The story is fairly conventional and routine, but there are some splendid moments in the house of Karloff menacing his "guests" and letting each one know how long he or she has to live. The only real complaint I have deals with the ending which just cuts the tension that had been built up. The ending is rather make-shift and really spoiled the mood earlier created.
    whpratt1

    Boris Karloff Movies AHEAD of the TIMES!

    This film was by all means a head of its times with heart transplants and mechanical parts in the year 1939. This films success was encouraged by a Dr. Robert Cornish who was a biochemist hired by Columbia pictures who present the idea of a mechanical heart. Columbia signed Karloff for several more films in the same theme, staring the actor onto his second "crazed scientist" cycle. It is unbelievable that for more than twenty-five years later, human lives were successfully prolonged by surgical heart transplants. Karloff looks less menacing that he has been in the past. Karloff as usual, turns in his usual good performance.
    8Coventry

    You can't keep a mad Boris Karloff … hanging!

    I really, really liked "The Man They Could Not Hang"! It's definitely one of the best – probably even THE best – of all the "mad scientist" movies released during the 1930s / 1940s and starring the almighty Boris Karloff in the role of megalomaniac doctor or professor (and these are quite numerous)! In fact, I loved this particular movie so much that it was one of those rare occasions where I regretted the fact that horror movies from this era are so short and to-the-point! I usually think it's a giant advantage that these films only last like 60-70 minutes, but in case of "The Man They Could Not Hung", I really wished that Karloff's mad-raving behavior would last another half an hour extra! There were most other contemporary titles of this kind are soft and overly talkative, this one is non-stop packed with action, suspense and deeply fascinating medical theories! Brilliant scientist Henryk Savaard is on the verge of writing medical history with his invention of a mechanical heart that can bring dead patients back to life after they have been operated. Savaard's student/assistant volunteers to test the device, but his girlfriend goes haywire and alerts the police. They break into the laboratory before Savaard has the opportunity to resurrect his guinea pig and – boom – the poor doctor gets accused of murder and sentenced to death by hanging! In court, Savaard transforms from a civilized scientist into an insane killer and vows to destroy everyone responsible for his death: judge, jury, crazy girlfriend and skeptical colleagues! A few weeks later, they all receive an invitation to come to a secluded old mansion; Agatha Christie style! Here, there are awaited by their very much alive host Savaard and subjected to a series of vile death traps… What I personally liked most about "The Man They Could Not Hang" – maybe even more than the delicious 'old dark house' climax – is the realism of Dr. Savaard's research. To put it in his own absorbing words: "To operate on a living body is like trying to repair a motor when it's still running… It would make more sense to switch off all bodily functions during an operation and then turn them back on when the operation was successful". That actually makes sense! Savaard isn't just another crazed professor aiming at immortality or creating new life, but a devoted doctor with a vision! I was definitely supporting him before and during his trial, and even when he was extracting his vengeance (although admittedly he goes a little over-the-top there…). This is, simply put, a massively entertaining black-and-white chiller with a splendid screenplay and an excellent Karloff performance. Director Nick Grindé does a more than adequate job as well. He would make two more mad scientist movies with Karloff, namely "Before I Hang" and "The Man with Nine Lives", but this one is my favorite.
    7atlasmb

    Intelligent Crime Story Stars Karloff, Who Shines

    "The Man They Could Not Hang" is certainly a very watchable film. On the surface, it appears to be another mad-scientist-defies-nature story, but it has deeper roots.

    Dr. Henryk Savaard (Boris Karloff) has designed an artificial heart and has tested it on various animals. A young man volunteers to be the first human recipient, so Savaard and his assistant terminate the man's life only to be interrupted mid-procedure, before they can restore the man's life.

    What follows is a courtroom drama, then an Agatha Christie-like murder in a box, with a twist.

    At each phase of the film, Dr. Savaard delivers a speech about science vs. ignorance, each with its own perspective. Each speech is well written and takes the story beyond the typical mad doctor genre.

    This film does not fall into the horror genre. Perhaps the mere presence of Karloff prompted that labelling. But Savaard may be the most rational character in the film. It is a sci-fi crime story. And it is well worth watching and very entertaining.
    7kevinolzak

    Columbia kicks off its Boris Karloff quintet of mad scientists

    Columbia's 'Mad Scientist' quintet was supervised by line producer Wallace MacDonald, the initial three all scripted by Karl Brown and directed by Nick Grinde, the template set from the start, Boris Karloff a dedicated researcher whose experiments often skirt into illegality, hoping to achieve something positive for mankind even if it means sacrificing a few lives (the actor's previous Columbia SON OF SHOCK titles included "Behind the Mask" and "The Black Room"). 1939's "The Man They Could Not Hang" actually kicks off exactly that way, an artificial heart made of glass designed to pump blood through tubes in an attempt to revive the actual human heart and restore life to a body that has been scientifically put to death to more easily perform surgery without the pressure of a race against time (commonly known today as open heart surgery, the film gets it right). His assistant Lang (Byron Foulger) is present along with a willing test subject (Stanley Brown) eager to do a great benefit for humanity, his complete trust in Karloff's Dr. Henryk Savaard undone by an unthinking fiancée (Ann Doran), her subsequent summoning of the police assuring the young man's demise. Pleas for one hour to save the boy's life fall upon deaf ears, a trumped up trial only a pretense for disbelieving medical authorities to put a stop to Savaard's incredible theories, the title incorrect for they DO actually hang him ("Before I Hang" should have sported this title, this one redubbed "After I Hang!"). Lang claims the corpse and revives Savaard, after which six of his jurors mysteriously suffer suicide by hanging, reporter 'Scoop' Foley (Robert Wilcox) joining the remaining jurors at the supposedly deserted Savaard home to learn the truth. Secure in the knowledge that no one would ever suspect a man legally dead, the now insane medico is determined to gain revenge on the short sighted authorities who denied him justice ("they killed the man I was"). The law of diminishing returns works against the four follow ups, and it's tough to imagine Karloff topping his performance here, from sympathetic entreaties for techniques to preserve life to embittered angel of death, a devoted dispenser of retribution. Interestingly, his Warners debut in "The Walking Dead" found him an innocent man electrocuted for a murder he didn't commit, restored to life by Edmund Gwenn, only his resurrection is a spiritual one, his enemies driven to destroy themselves through their own guilt.

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      On the witness stand, Dr. Savaard claims that one day it will be possible to take a heart from a person, such as someone killed in an automobile accident, and place it into the body of a person in need of a new heart, while skeptics in the courtroom scoff. Twenty-three years later, on December 3, 1967, the first successful human heart transplant occurred at Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town, South Africa. The patient, Louis Washkansky, received the heart of a young woman tragically killed in an automobile accident.
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      After the judge dies, the remaining guests discover the electrified grill because the detective's gun, in a holster on his belt, hits the grill. Later, when the detective pulls his gun, he pulls it from his jacket.
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      Dr. Henryk Savaard: Think of it! The Edison or Pasteur of tomorrow need not die merely because his heart is worn out. We'll give him a new heart taken perhaps from the body of a young man who's been killed in a automobile accident. And our great genius is awakened to another sixty years of useful life! You ask me if that's a benefit to mankind? I answer it's the gift of eternal life! But whether man's wise enough or old enouh to receive such a gift, I don't know. I don't know!

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      Featured in Classic Nightmares: The Man They Could Not Hang (1959)

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      • 17. August 1939 (Vereinigte Staaten)
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      • Vereinigte Staaten
    • Sprache
      • Englisch
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      • Columbia Pictures
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