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In 19th century England, a noted brain surgeon rescues a former student from being hanged on a false conviction for murder, and spirits him away to an ancient, repurposed abbey far in the countryside. There, he connives his pupil into assisting him in mapping the functions of the various parts of the human brain, using living subjects who are under a terrible animation-suspending drug called "black sleep". Subsequently, the student, along with the daughter of one of the subjects, discover that most of these subjects have survived but are being kept in a dungeon-like cellar, in various stages of physical and mental derangement...
Theatrical
Jun 15, 1956
Budget
$225K
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Bel-Air Productions, United Artists
Quotes
See all →Horror Beyond Belief from the Depths
Taglines
Horror beyond Belief rising from the depths of a black hell!
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Emerging from Darkness and Despair
Taglines
Rising from the depths of a black hell!
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
Cast
Full credits →B
Basil Rathbone
Sir Joel Cadman
H
Herbert Rudley
Dr. Gordon Ramsay
P
Patricia Blair
Laurie Munroe
A
Akim Tamiroff
Odo the Gypsy
P
Phyllis Stanley
Daphne
L
Lon Chaney Jr.
Dr. Munroe, aka Mungo
B
Bela Lugosi
Casimir
J
John Carradine
Bohemund
G
George Sawaya
Sailor-Subject
T
Tor Johnson
Mr. Curry
S
Sally Yarnell
Female Subject
P
Peter Gordon
Sgt. Steele
C
Claire Carleton
Carmona Daly
C
Clive Morgan
Roundsman Blevins (uncredited)
A
Aubrey Schenck
Prison Coroner's Clerk (uncredited)
