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Celui qui avait tué... la mort

Titre original : The Man They Could Not Hang
  • 1939
  • Approved
  • 1h 4min
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Boris Karloff and Lorna Gray in Celui qui avait tué... la mort (1939)
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Ajouter une intrigue dans votre langueWhen 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... Tout lireWhen 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.

  • Réalisation
    • Nick Grinde
  • Scénario
    • Karl Brown
    • Leslie T. White
    • George Wallace Sayre
  • Casting principal
    • Boris Karloff
    • Lorna Gray
    • Robert Wilcox
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  • NOTE IMDb
    6,8/10
    2,1 k
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    • Réalisation
      • Nick Grinde
    • Scénario
      • Karl Brown
      • Leslie T. White
      • George Wallace Sayre
    • Casting principal
      • Boris Karloff
      • Lorna Gray
      • Robert Wilcox
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    • 40avis des critiques
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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
    • (non crédité)
    Sam Ash
    Sam Ash
    • Druggist
    • (non crédité)
    Sam Bagley
    • Courtroom Spectator
    • (non crédité)
    Stanley Blystone
    Stanley Blystone
    • Prison Guard
    • (non crédité)
    Harlan Briggs
    Harlan Briggs
    • Defense Attorney Parker
    • (non crédité)
    Stanley Brown
    Stanley Brown
    • Bob Roberts
    • (non crédité)
    • Réalisation
      • Nick Grinde
    • Scénario
      • Karl Brown
      • Leslie T. White
      • George Wallace Sayre
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    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.
    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.
    7coltras35

    Karloff returns as a "mad doctor"

    Dr. Henryk Savaard (Boris Karloff) is a scientist working on experiments to restore life to the dead. When he is unjustly hanged for murder, he is brought back to life by his trusted assistant. Re-animated he turns decidedly nasty and sets about murdering the jury that convicted him.

    Similarly themed as Before I hang and part of the series of "mad Doctor' series he made, Boris Karloff is excellent as always, and it's quite well-paced, gripping and cleverly an Agatha Christie-style element is infused in towards the end, drawing the plot away from the usual mad Doctor formula. Here, the doctor traps the ones who sent him to the gallows and intends to bump them off one by one via electric shocks.
    sbibb1

    Better then Expected

    This 1939, public domain cheapie B-Film turned out to be much better then expected. The plot in a nut shell is this: Boris Karloff kills a medical student in order to test a procedure that will bring him back to life, only his nurse, played by Ann Doran goes to the police. Karloff is arrested, tried and hanged, but not before threatening the judge, members of the jury, his nurse and others who helped to get him sentenced to death. Once dead, a scientist who worked with Karloff brings him back to life, and he sets out killing those who sentenced him to death.

    If anyone has seen The House on Haunted Hill and its later remake, this film was probably used for certain inspiration for this film. You have a group of people, all associated with the case, who are all brought to a deserted house, locked inside, and are slowly killed off one by one. The film is short, just a little over an hour in length, but is top notch entertainment, and is very enjoyable, and well acted.
    6utgard14

    Always remember I offered you life and you gave me death!

    Dr. Henryk Savaard (Boris Karloff) and his assistant are performing an experiment on reviving recently deceased people through use of an artificial heart. Unfortunately, the assistant's girlfriend is scared and runs to the police. They arrive before Savaard can complete the experiment and the assistant dies. Savaard is convicted and executed for murder. However, another assistant uses the artificial heart to bring him back to life. But the good doctor is batspit crazy and out for blood. So he starts killing off those he holds responsible for his death one by one. The first of several movies Karloff made for Columbia where he played a mad scientist type out for revenge. It's formulaic but it works. Karloff carries the movie as always.

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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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    • Date de sortie
      • 17 août 1939 (États-Unis)
    • Pays d’origine
      • États-Unis
    • Langue
      • Anglais
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      • The Man They Could Not Hang
    • Société de production
      • Columbia Pictures
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