The Man They Could Not Hang (1939)

The Man They Could Not Hang is a 1939 science fiction horror film starring Boris Karloff.

Plot
A scientist's experiment is interrupted by the authorities which allows his volunteer to die. The court charges him guilty of murder, upon which he vows vengeance if he can survive his own hanging.

Cast

 * Boris Karloff as Dr. Henryk Savaard
 * Lorna Gray as Janet Savaard
 * Robert Wilcox as 'Scoop' Foley
 * Roger Pryor as District Attorney Drake
 * Don Beddoe as Police Lt. Shane
 * Ann Doran as Betty Crawford
 * Joe De Stefani as Dr. Stoddard
 * Charles Trowbridge as Judge Bowman
 * Byron Foulger as Lang
 * Dick Curtis as Jury Foreman Clifford Kearney