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The Black Sleep
The Black Sleep

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The Black Sleep

NR·1956·82m

Summary

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...

Crew

Director

Reginald Le Borg

Screenplay

John C. Higgins

Story

Gerald Drayson Adams

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Media

Status:

Released

Original Language:

English

Budget:

$225,000.00

Revenue:

$0.00

Keywords

experiment
england
mad doctor
brain surgeon
suspended animation