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Director:
Nick Grinde
Writers:
Karl Brown (screenplay)
Harold Shumate (story)
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Release Date:
18 April 1940 (USA) more
Genre:
Mystery | Sci-Fi more
Tagline:
He kills in the name of science...Tombs of ice for the living...Chambers of horror for the dead! more
Plot:
A medical researcher visits the deserted home of a pioneer in cryogenic science who disappeared 10 years earlier and finds him frozen in ice but still alive. full summary | add synopsis
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User Comments:
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Cast

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Boris Karloff ... Dr. Leon Kravaal
Roger Pryor ... Dr. Tim Mason
Jo Ann Sayers ... Nurse Judith Blair
Stanley Brown ... Bob Adams
John Dilson ... District Attorney John Hawthorne
Hal Taliaferro ... Sheriff Ed Stanton
Byron Foulger ... Dr. Henry Bassett
Charles Trowbridge ... Dr. Harvey
Ernie Adams ... Pete Daggett
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Bruce Bennett ... State Trooper (uncredited)
James Conaty ... Doctor Spectator (uncredited)
Eddie Dew ... Doctor Spectator Listening to Explanation (uncredited)
Minta Durfee ... Frozen Therapy Patient (uncredited)
William Marion ... Doctor Spectator (uncredited)
Charles F. Miller ... Doctor Spectator Explaining Procedure (uncredited)
Ivan Miller ... Sheriff Haley (uncredited)
Wedgwood Nowell ... Doctor Spectator (uncredited)
Cyril Ring ... Doctor Spectator (uncredited)
Landers Stevens ... Doctor Spectator (uncredited)
Lee Willard ... Frozen Body of Jasper Adams (uncredited)
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Directed by
Nick Grinde  (as Nick Grindé)
 
Writing credits
Karl Brown (screenplay)

Harold Shumate (story)

Produced by
Irving Briskin .... producer (uncredited)
Wallace MacDonald .... producer (uncredited)
 
Cinematography by
Benjamin H. Kline (director of photography) (as Benjamin Kline)
 
Film Editing by
Al Clark 
 
Art Direction by
Lionel Banks 
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Arthur S. Black Jr. .... assistant director (uncredited)
 
Sound Department
Edward Bernds .... sound engineer (uncredited)
 
Music Department
Mischa Bakaleinikoff .... composer: stock music (uncredited)
Gerard Carbonara .... composer: stock music (uncredited)
Ben Oakland .... composer: stock music (uncredited)
Karol Rathaus .... composer: stock music (uncredited)
Morris Stoloff .... musical director (uncredited)
Gregory Stone .... composer: stock music (uncredited)
 
Other crew
Dr. Ralph S. Willard .... technical advisor
 
Crew believed to be complete


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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Behind the Door (UK)
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Runtime:
74 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Black and White
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Mirrophonic Recording)
Certification:
Canada:G (Ontario) | USA:Approved (PCA #6183) | USA:TV-G (TV rating)
Company:
Columbia Pictures Corporation more

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Plot holes: When Dr. Mason uses the "standard" method of reviving Dr. Kravaal, it doesn't appear to be anything more than placing him near a fire and putting blankets on him. He asks his nurse for "more coffee," but it's unclear what he's doing with the coffee which would help him resuscitate the doctor as Kravaal is unconscious and can't be drinking it. more
Quotes:
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opening title card scroll: Added to the many miracles performed by modern science that have accounted for the saving of thousands upon thousands of human beings, comes its newest and most modern discovery - frozen therapy. ¶Estimates of how long frozen therapy can produce a state of suspended animation range from days to years...
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Good, 12 March 2008
Author: Michael_Elliott from Louisville, KY

Man With Nine Lives, The (1940)

*** (out of 4)

Boris Karloff plays a scientist trying to cure cancer by using frozen animation. Here's a somewhat forgotten gem that works well due in large part to an interesting story, good supporting performances and Karloff at the top of his game. While this is more science fiction than anything else the actual medical work going on remains interesting in the film, which certainly isn't true for other films like this. Karloff is very strong in his role turning in perhaps his strongest performance from any of his Columbia films. A real gem that doesn't run to long and keeps you entertained the whole way.

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