| The Black Sleep | |
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| Title: | The Black Sleep |
| Directed by: | Reginald LeBorg |
| Written by: | John C. Higgins; Gerald Drayson Adams |
| Produced by: | Aubrey Schenck; Howard W. Koch |
| Music by: | Les Baxter |
| Cinematography: | Gordon Avil |
| Edited by: | John F. Schreyer |
| Production | |
| Production: | Bel-Air Productions |
| Distributors: | United Artists |
| Released: | June 7th, 1956 |
| Rating: | Unrated |
| Running time: | 82 min. |
| Country: | USA |
| Language: | English |
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The Black Sleep is an American independent feature film of the science fiction and psychological thriller subgenres of horror. It was directed by Reginald Le Borg with a screenplay written by John C. Higgins based on a story treatment by Gerald Drayson Adams. It was produced by Bel-Air Productions and premiered theatrically in the United States through United Artists on June 7th, 1956.
Cast[]
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Basil Rathbone | Sir Joel Cadman |
| Akim Tamiroff | Odo |
| Lon Chaney | Mungo |
| John Carradine | Borg aka Bohemond |
| Bela Lugosi | Casimir |
| Herbert Rudley | Gordon Angus Ramsay |
| Patricia Blake | Laurie Monroe |
| Phyllis Stanley | Daphne |
| Tor Johnson | Curry |
| Sally Yarnell | Nancy, female monster |
| George Sawaya | K6, sailor |
| Claire Carleton | Carmona Daly |
Notes & Trivia[]
- Black Sleep, The Black Sleep and The Black Sleep (1956) all redirect to this page.
- The tagline for this film is "Out of the evil brain of a twisted scientist comes a fantastic robot army - crushing all barriers...feeding on beauty - lusting to claw the world apart!"
- There are a total of twelve credited cast members in this film. 8 of them are male cast members, leaving 5 female cast members. That leaves a percentage ratio of 62% male cast members vs. 38% female cast members.
- Production on The Black Sleep began on February 9th, 1956. Filming was done at American Natoinal Studios in Hollywood, California and ZIV Studios in West Hollywood. [1]
- Actor Lon Chaney, Jr., who plays Mungo, is credited as Lon Chaney in this film.
- Actress Patricia Blair, who plays Laurie Monroe, is credited as Patricia Blake in this film.
- Producer Aubrey Schenck makes an uncredited cameo appearance in the film as a prison clerk.
- The Black Sleep was released as a single-disc blu-ray by Kino Lorber on March 22nd, 2016. [2]
- As of January, 2024, The Black Sleep holds a Starmeter score of 6.0 out of 10 based on more than 2,000 user ratings on the Internet Movie Database.
- The Black Sleep does not retain a Tomatometer rating on the film review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes. It has two posted reviews, both of which are negative, yielding a 0% approval score. The film has an audience score of 34% based on more than 100 verified user ratings, averaging 3 out of 5.
- This film marks the final acting work for Bela Lugosi. Lugosi died of a heart attack in Los Angeles, California on August 16th, 1956 at the age of 73. [3]
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Keywords[]
1872 | 19th century | Bondage | Castle | Chains | Coffin | Disfigurement | Dungeon | England | Falling from a great height | Gypsies | Immolation | Laboratory | London | Mad scientist | Prison | Scientific experimentation | Scotland Yard | Syringe
References[]
- ↑ IMDB; The Black Sleep (1956); Filming & Production.
- ↑ Blu-ray.com; The Black Sleep Blu-ray. Kino Lorber, 1956 (83 min).
- ↑ Los Angeles Times; "From the Archives: Actor Bela Lugosi, Dracula of Screen, Succumbs After Heart Attack at 73". August 17th, 1956. Retrieved December 31st, 2016.