CS # 282 BLACK FRIDAY (1940)Boris Karloff,

CS # 282 BLACK FRIDAY (1940)Boris Karloff,

The movie centers on a mad scientist, Dr. Ernest Sovac (played by Boris Karloff), who transplants the brain of a notorious gangster into the body of his dying professor friend (Stanley Ridges). The professor develops a dangerous split personality and goes on a revenge-driven killing spree, while the doctor attempts to exploit the situation to find the gangster's hidden money.
Genre: The film is a mix of the popular gangster films and horror/sci-fi elements of the time, described as a "gangster-horror film".
Release Date: It premiered in Chicago on February 29, 1940, and was released in the United States on April 12, 1940.