The Man with Nine Lives

The Man with Nine Lives

6.3IMDb Score
Released:1940-04-18
Duration:74 min
Director:Nick Grindé
Actors:Boris Karloff, Roger Pryor, Jo Ann Sayers, Stanley Brown, John Dilson
Production:Columbia Pictures

Overview:

Dr. Leon Kravaal develops a potential cure for cancer, which involves freezing the patient. But an experiment goes awry when authorities believe Kravaal has killed a patient. Kravaal freezes the officials, along with himself. Years later, they are discovered and revived in hopes that Kravaal can indeed complete his cure. But human greed and weakness compound to disrupt the project.

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