The Man They Could Not Hang

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The Man They Could Not Hang
Poster for the film "The Man They Could Not Hang"
Directed by	Nick Grinde
Produced by	Wallace MacDonald
Written by	Karl Brown George Wallace Syre Leslie T. White
Starring	Boris Karloff Lorna Gray
Cinematography	Benjamin H. Kline
Editing by	William A. Lyon
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release date(s)	August 17, 1939 November 1947 (rerelease)
Running time	64 min
Language	English
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The Man They Could Not Hang is a (1939) low-budget horror film produced by Columbia Pictures. It is a remake of The Walking Dead (1936). It was directed by Nick Grinde and starred Boris Karloff as Dr. Henryk Savaard.

Dr. Savaard is obsessed with bringing the dead back to life. A young medical student offers his services to him. He accidentally dies and Savaard is arrested, convicted, and sentenced to hang. He vows revenge on the judge and the jury before his hanging. His assistant claims his body and revives him by using his technique. The vengeful Savaard goes on a killing spree.

"The Man They Could Not Hang" was also the title given to the convicted murderer John "Babbacombe" Lee. After three failed attempts to hang him, his sentence was commuted to life imprisonment.