The Man With Nine Lives

The Man With Nine Lives

Release Date:  4/18/1940
Country of Release:  USA
Length:  74 minutes
MPAA:  APPR
Medium:  Video
Genre:  MYS SF
Release Message:  A medical researcher visits the deserted home of a pioneer in cryogenic science (Boris Karloff) who disappeared 10 years earlier and finds him frozen in ice but still alive.
Description:  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.