The Black Sleep

The Black Sleep is a 1956 film about a 19th-century doctor who kidnaps living people and experiments on their brains, while they are still alive but under the influence of a powerful anesthetic, in an effort to discover a way to cure his wife's brain tumor. Directed by Reginald Le Borg. Written by John C. Higgins, based on a story by Gerald Drayson Adams. The Terror Drug That Wakes the Dead!  (taglines) Sir Joel Cadman Rome wasn't built in a day, so it must have been built in the night. Taglines The Terror Drug That Wakes the Dead! Out of the evil brain of a twisted scientist comes a fantastic robot army - crushing all barriers...feeding on beauty - lusting to claw the world apart! A horror horde of monster mutants walk the Earth! Rising from the depths of a black hell! Horror beyond Belief rising from the depths of a black hell! Cast Basil Rathbone — Sir Joel Cadman Herbert Rudley - Dr. Gordon Angus Ramsey Patricia Blair (as Patricia Blake) - Laurie Monroe Akim Tamiroff — Udu the Gypsy Phyllis Stanley - Nurse Daphnae Lon Chaney Jr. — Dr. Monroe aka Mungo John Carradine — "Bohemund" Bela Lugosi — Casimir Tor Johnson - Mr. Curry George Sawaya - Sailor-Subject Sally Yarnell - Woman-Subject External links 0049013 The Black Sleep Category:Films about mad scientists Category:1956 American films Category:1956 English-language films Category:American science fiction horror films Category:Films directed by Reginald Le Borg Category:Films set in England