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The Man with Nine Lives (1940)

The Man with Nine Lives (1940)

Science Fiction Horror

He kills in the name of science...Tombs of ice for the living...Chambers of horror for the dead!

Release Date: 1940, April 18
Directors: Nick Grindé
Countries: United States of America
Production: Columbia Pictures
Cast: Ernie Adams, Charles Halton, Wedgwood Nowell, Eddie Dew, Cyril Ring, Minta Durfee, Charles Miller, John Dilson, Landers Stevens, James Conaty, Byron Foulger, Bruce Bennett

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.

Keywords:

murder flashback doctor mad scientist revenge motive island canada cryogenics glacier cancer medical experiment scientific experiment frozen alive mad doctor ice cave