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Status
Released
Release
1940
Runtime
1h 14m
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"He kills in the name of science...Tombs of ice for the living...Chambers of horror for the dead!"
Dr. Leon Kravaal develops a potential cure for cancer, which involves freezing the patient. But an experiment goes awry when authorities believe Kravaal has killed a patient. Kravaal freezes the officials, along with himself. Years later, they are discovered and revived in hopes that Kravaal can indeed complete his cure. But human greed and weakness compound to disrupt the project.
21 Cast Members
Boris Karloff
Dr. Leon Kravaal
Roger Pryor
Dr. Tim Mason
Jo Ann Sayers
Nurse Judith Blair
Stanley Brown
Bob Adams
John Dilson
John Hawthorne
Hal Taliaferro
Sheriff Stanton
Byron Foulger
Dr. Bassett
Charles Trowbridge
Dr. Harvey
Ernie Adams
Pete Daggett
Minta Durfee
Frozen Therapy Patient (uncredited)
Charles Miller
Doctor Spectator Explaining Procedure (uncredited)
Eddie Dew
Doctor Spectator Listening to Explanation (uncredited)
James Conaty
Doctor Spectator (uncredited)
Wedgwood Nowell
Doctor Spectator (uncredited)
Cyril Ring
Doctor Spectator (uncredited)
William Marion
Doctor Spectator (uncredited)
Landers Stevens
Doctor Spectator (uncredited)
Ivan Miller
Sheriff Haley (uncredited)
Bruce Bennett
State Trooper (uncredited)
Charles Halton
Doctor in Front Row in Final Scene (uncredited)
