Black Friday (1940)

As Dr. Ernest Sovac (Boris Karloff) makes his way to the electric chair, he recalls the events that landed him on death row.

I watched the 1940 Universal Pictures, gangster – film noir -horror, movie “Black Friday” on Svengoolie. It is a science fiction horror film directed by Arthur Lubin and produced by Burt Kelly for Universal Pictures. The film stars Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi, two of the most renowned figures in horror cinema, although they do not share any scenes together in this movie. The screenplay was written by Curt Siodmak, who later became famous for his work in the horror genre, including the classic “The Wolf Man” (1941).

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