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Before I Hang is a american film of genre Science fiction directed by Nick Grinde released in USA on 17 september 1940 with Boris Karloff

Before I Hang (1940)

Before I Hang
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Released in USA 17 september 1940
Length 1h2
Directed by
OriginUSA
Genres Science fiction,    Horror,    Crime
Rating61% 3.0506653.0506653.0506653.0506653.050665

Before I Hang is a 1940 American science fiction, horror film released by Columbia Pictures, starring Boris Karloff. The film was directed by Nick Grinde (under the working title The Wizard of Death), and was one of several films Karloff starred in contract with Columbia.

Synopsis

Dr. John Garth (Boris Karloff) is on trial for murder after performing a mercy killing on an elderly friend. In the trial, he reveals that he had been researching a cure for aging, but had not had time to perfect it before his friend's pain became unbearable. Despite his pleas for mercy, the judge sentences him to be hanged in three weeks' time.

Actors

Boris Karloff

(Dr. John Garth)Evelyn Keyes

(Martha Garth)Bruce Bennett

(Dr. Paul Ames)Edward Van Sloan

(Dr. Ralph Howard)Don Beddoe

(Capt. McGraw)
And :
Pedro de Cordoba
Frank Richards
Robert Fiske
Kenneth MacDonald
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