The Black Sleep

The Black Sleep
Theatrical release poster
Directed byReginald Le Borg
Written byJohn C. Higgins
Based onstory by Gerald Drayson Adams
Produced byHoward W. Koch
executive
Aubrey Schenck
StarringBasil Rathbone
Akim Tamiroff
Lon Chaney Jr.
John Carradine
Bela Lugosi
Herbert Rudley
Tor Johnson
Narrated byBasil Rathbone
CinematographyGordon Avil
Edited byJohn Schreyer
Music byLes Baxter
Production
company
Bel-Air Productions (Prospect Productions)
Distributed byUnited Artists
Release date
  • June 1956 (1956-06)
Running time
82 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$225,000[1]

The Black Sleep (alternate title Dr. Cadman’s Secret) a 1956 American independent horror film directed by Reginald LeBorg, and written by John C. Higgins from a story by Gerald Drayson Adams. It stars Basil Rathbone, Lon Chaney Jr., John Carradine, Bela Lugosi, and Akim Tamiroff. Tor Johnson appears in a supporting role. The film was produced by Aubrey Schenck and Howard W. Koch, as part of a four-picture finance-for-distribution arrangement with United Artists.[2]

The film was released as a double feature with the 1955 British film The Creeping Unknown (the title of the American release of the British film The Quatermass Xperiment). The Black Sleep was re-released in 1962 under the title Dr. Cadman's Secret.[3]

  1. ^ Tom Weaver, Interviews with B Science Fiction and Horror Movie Makers: Writers, Producers, Directors, Actors, Moguls and Makeup McFarland, 1 Jan 2006 p 211
  2. ^ Dixon, 1992 p. 34: “...the film is also known as Dr. Cadman’s Secret.” And p. 153: Directorial Credits
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference :0 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).