Before I Hang
Beware! When Karloff stops the clock, your hour has come!
1940 | 62m | English
Popularity: 0.7 (history)
| Director: | Nick Grindé |
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| Writer: | Robert Hardy Andrews, Karl Brown |
| Staring: |
| Dr. John Garth conducting an innovative medical experiment aimed at prolonging life and combating aging. The experiment takes an unexpected turn, placing the doctor in a confrontation with the ethics of his work and the consequences of his research. | |
| Release Date: | Sep 17, 1940 |
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| Director: | Nick Grindé |
| Writer: | Robert Hardy Andrews, Karl Brown |
| Genres: | Crime, Horror, Science Fiction |
| Keywords | experiment, murder, mad scientist, doctor, pianist, pardon, split personality, anti-aging, mercy killing, convicted murderer |
| Production Companies | Columbia Pictures |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Jan 28, 2026 Entered: Apr 20, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Boris Karloff | Dr. John Garth |
| Evelyn Keyes | Martha Garth |
| Bruce Bennett | Dr. Paul Ames |
| Don Beddoe | Capt. McGraw |
| Edward Van Sloan | Dr. Ralph Howard |
| Ben Taggart | Warden Thompson |
| Pedro de Cordoba | Victor Sondini |
| Wright Kramer | George Wharton |
| Bertram Marburgh | Stephen Barclay |
| Robert Fiske | District Attorney |
| Frank Richards | Otto Kron - Convict |
| Kenneth MacDonald | Anson, Prison Guard |
| Ernie Adams | Sam - Hospital Prison Orderly |
| Frederick Burton | Governor Prentiss |
| Edward Earle | Dr. Nichols |
| Richard Fiske | Mandish |
| George McKay | Reardon |
| John Tyrrell | Sanders |
| Jack Cheatham | Patrolman Olson |
| Charles Trowbridge | Judge Braden |
| Bert Moorhouse | Cousel at Defense Table |
| Sam Harris | Courtroom Spectator |
| Edmund Mortimer | Courtroom Spectator |
| Stanley Brown | Prison Gate Guard |
| Eddie Laughton | Guard |
| James T. Mack | Butler |
| Gohr Van Vleck | Police Dispatcher |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Nick Grindé | Director |
| Morris Stoloff | Music Director |
| Robert Hardy Andrews | Story, Screenplay |
| Karl Brown | Story |
| Charles Nelson | Editor |
| Lionel Banks | Art Direction |
| Benjamin H. Kline | Director of Photography |
| Clay Campbell | Makeup Artist |
| Name | Title |
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| Wallace MacDonald | Producer |
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