The Man with Nine Lives (1940)
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37% of users liked it
(712 ratings)
Man with Nine Lives (released in England as Behind the Door) is the second of Columbia's unofficial "Mad Doctor" series starring Boris Karloff. This time, Boris is obsessed with the notion that he can come up with a cure for cancer. To do this, it is necessary for Karloff to freeze his… More Man with Nine Lives (released in England as Behind the Door) is the second of Columbia's unofficial "Mad Doctor" series starring Boris Karloff. This time, Boris is obsessed with the notion that he can come up with a cure for cancer. To do this, it is necessary for Karloff to freeze his patients, then use a revolutionary new serum on the bodies while they're in a state of suspended animation. Alas, Karloff is accidentally locked up with his deep-frozen subjects. When thawed out years later, he and the patients are alive and healthy. But when Karloff learns that his formula has been destroyed, he lapses into lunacy and uses his storage-locker comrades as unwilling guinea pigs in an effort to recreate the serum. Man with Nine Lives can be considered a real (ouch!) chiller. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Nick Grinde
- Genres
- Horror, Mystery & Suspense, Classics, Science Fiction & Fantasy
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Apr 18, 1940 Wide
- Studio
- Sony Pictures Entertainment
Critic Reviews
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Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews
It stars Boris Karloff at his deliciously insane best as a mad scientist.
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Christopher Null, Filmcritic.com
At first curiously intriguing, The Man with Nine Lives eventually becomes so silly that it's hard to take much of it -- if any of it -- seriously.
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Tony Whitt, Now Playing Magazine
The last 15 minutes, in which people finally start dying and Karloff finally gets really menacing, can't make up for the rest...
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Cast
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Boris Karloff
as Dr. Leon Kravaal
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Roger Pryor
as Dr. Tim Mason
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Jo Ann Sayers
as Judith Blair
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Stanley Brown
as Bob Adams
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John Dilson
as John Hawthorne
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Hal Taliaferro
as Sheriff Stanton
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Charles Trowbridge
as Dr. Harvey
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Ernie S. Adams
as Pete Daggett
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Bruce Bennett
as State Trooper
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Byron Foulger
as Dr. Bassett
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Ivan Miller
as Sheriff Haley
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Wally Wales
as Sheriff Stanton
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Lee Willard
as Jasper Adams
