Vendredi 13 (1940)

When his friend Professor Kingsley is at deaths door, brain surgeon Dr. Sovac saves his life by means of an illegal operation that transplants part of injured gangster Red Cannon's brain. Unfortunately, the operation has a disastrous Jeckll and Hyde side effect and under certain conditions the persona of Cannon emerges. Sovac soon learns of the duel personality and of half a million dollars the gangster has hidden away. He attempts to find the money through the manipulation of his friend, an attempt that brings Kingsley closer to madness as he alternates between a meek professor of English and a brutal gangster out for murderous revenge on those who tried to kill him.

Original Title : VENDREDI 13

Director(s) : Arthur Lubin

Writer(s) : Curt Siodmak (screenplay) (as Kurt Siodmak) &, Eric Taylor (screenplay), , Edmund L Hartmann (screenplay construction contributor) (uncredited)

Genre(s) : [Crime

Year : 1940US Release : 1940-02-29

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

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