| The Man They Could Not Hang | |
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Poster for the film "The Man They Could Not Hang" |
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| 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 |
The Man They Could Not Hang is a (1939) low-budget horror film produced by Columbia Pictures. 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, but before he can bring him back to life, 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.
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The film has been released on VHS by Sony Pictures. It is also included in the "Icons of Horror - Boris Karloff" DVD, released in 2006.