The Black Sleep

Name: The Black Sleep
Genre: horror, sci-fi
Duration: 82 min

1956 · 82 min

Horror · Sci Fi

IMDb2,417 votes6.0 / 10 Rotten Tomatoes Audience26 votes39%

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Synopsis

In B movie legend Bela Lugosi's final film, a mad scientist experiments on his kidnapped victims in the search for a cure for his wife’s brain cancer.

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Released: 1956
Runtime: 82 minutes
Genres: horror, sci-fi

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Cast & crew

Cast

Basil Rathbone
Herbert Rudley
Patricia Blair
Akim Tamiroff
Phyllis Stanley
Lon Chaney Jr.
Bela Lugosi

Director

Reginald Le Borg

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