The Black Sleep
In 19th-century England, a renowned brain surgeon rescues a former student wrongly convicted of murder and spirit him away to an ancient, repurposed abbey far in the countryside. There, he cunningly enlists his pupil to help map the brain’s functions, using living subjects who are subjected to an animation-suspending drug called 'black sleep'. Subsequently, the student, together with the daughter of one of the subjects, discovers that most of these captives have survived but are kept in a dungeon-like cellar, in varying states of physical and mental derangement.
Director(s)
Reginald Le Borg
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The Black Sleep FAQs
Reginald Le Borg is the director of The Black Sleep.
The cast of The Black Sleep includes Tor Johnson as Mr. Curry, John Carradine as Bohemund, Peter Gordon as Sgt. Steele, Lon Chaney Jr. as Dr. Munroe, aka Mungo, Sally Yarnell as Female Subject, Akim Tamiroff as Odo the Gypsy, Bela Lugosi as Casimir, Basil Rathbone as Sir Joel Cadman, Clive Morgan as Roundsman Blevins (uncredited), George Sawaya as Sailor-Subject, Claire Carleton as Carmona Daly, Herbert Rudley as Dr. Gordon Ramsay, and more.
The duration of The Black Sleep is 1h 22 mins.
Yes. The Black Sleep has 2 trailers on Fanbiz, including The Black Sleep ≣ 1956 ≣ Trailer. Watch them on this page.
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The Black Sleep was released on 15 Jun 1956.
The Black Sleep is listed under Horror and Science Fiction on Fanbiz.
