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The Black Sleep

BBC Two
on BBC Two England

starring Basil Rathbone
Bela Lugosi , Lon Chaney Jr and John Carradine
England, 1872. Brain surgeon Sir Joel Cadman , obsessed by his desire to cure his beautiful wife, experiments on human subjects brought him by Odo, a gypsy tattoo artist. But the mad doctor's victims have the last say ...
Basil Rathbone provides the voice of medical science, Akim Tamiroff provides the bodies, and Bela Lugosi provides silent support as the inevitable mute butler.
Screenplay by JOHN c. HIGGINS Produced by HOWARD w. KOCH Directed by REGINALD LE BORG
Films: page 18

Contributors

Unknown:
Basil Rathbone
Unknown:
Bela Lugosi
Unknown:
Joel Cadman
Unknown:
Basil Rathbone
Unknown:
Akim Tamiroff
Unknown:
Bela Lugosi
Directed By:
Reginald Le Borg
Sir Joel Cadman:
Basil Rathbone
OdO:
Akim Tamiroff
MungO LON:
Chaney Jr
Borg:
John Carradine
Casimir:
Bela Lugosi
Dr Gordon Ramsay:
Herbert Rudley
Laurie:
Patricia Blake
Daphne:
Phyllis Stanley
Curry:
Tor Johnson
Source: Radio Times

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