Black Friday (1940)
| Release Date | 29 February 1940 |
| Tagline | A Reign Of HORROR... a man-made monster on the loose! |
| Genre | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Crime |
| Country | USA |
| Language | English |
| Sound Mix | Mono |
| Color | Black and White |
| Film Type | Feature |
| Film Class | Psychological Thriller |
| Themes | Mad Scientists, Doctors and Patients, Mind Games, Mental Breakdown |
| Tones | Tense, Chilly, Claustrophobic, Eerie |
| Tags | Body Parts, Brain, Brain Transplant, Business, Death, Dr. Jekyll, Evil, Experiment, Flashback, Gangster, Gas Chamber, Mad Scientist, Monster, Mr. Hyde, Professor, Revenge, Transformation, Transplant |
Black Friday is a 1940 American science fiction film starring Boris Karloff. Béla Lugosi, although second-billed, has only a small part in the film and does not appear with Karloff.
Cast and Crew
Cast
Edmund MacDonald
Frank Miller
Joe King
Police Chief
John Kelly
Taxi Driver
Jessie Arnold
Nurse
Elfriede Borodin
Second Nurse
Tommy Conlon
Student
Franco Corsaro
Club Maitre d'
Kernan Cripps
Detective
Eddie Dunn
Det. Farnow
Frank Jaquet
Fat Man in Bar
Ellen Lowe
Maid, Midtown Hotel
Jerry Marlowe
Desk Clerk, Midtown Hotel
David Oliver
Cab Driver
Wallace Reid Jr.
Student
William Ruhl
G-Man
Frank Sheridan
Prison Chaplain
Edwin Stanley
Dr. Warner, at Hospital
Harry Tenbrook
Cab Driver
Victor Zimmerman
G-Man
Director
Arthur Lubin
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Writer
Curt Siodmak
Eric Taylor
Edmund L. Hartmann
uncredited
Producer
Burt Kelly
associate producer
Original Music
Hans J. Salter
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Frank Skinner
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Cinematographer
Elwood Bredell
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Editor
Philip Cahn
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Art Director
Jack Otterson
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Set Decorator
Russell A. Gausman
Costume Designer
Vera West
Makeup Department
Jack P. Pierce
makeup artist
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Fred Frank
assistant director
Art Department
Harold H. MacArthur
associate art director
Sound Department
Bernard B. Brown
sound supervisor
Charles Carroll
sound technician
Special Effects
Music Department
Hans J. Salter
musical director
Ralph Freed
composer: stock music
Charles Henderson
composer: stock music
Other Crew
Manley P. Hall
technical advisor
Production Company
Universal Pictures
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Distributor
Universal Pictures
Realart Pictures
Concorde Home Entertainment
MCA/Universal Home Video
Screen Gems
Universal Home Entertainment
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