Life Returns (1935)

Horror Movies & Sci-Fi Movies Database	09.12.09

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A doctor who has spent his career working on ways to revive the dead sees his chance to prove his theory by performing his procedures on a recently deceased dog. Movie Tagline: The mystery of the man who conquered death! Title: Life Returns Release Date: January 02, 1935 Runtime: 63 mins Genre: Crime All Genres: Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi Languages: English Country: USA Colors: Black and White Sound: Mono, Mono IMDB Rating: 5.3 Brimstone Pit Rating: 6.3 - (Rate This Horror Movie) Category: Horror Movies Starting With L MPAA Rating: PG Director(s): Eugene Frenke James P. Hogan Cast: Onslow Stevens ...Dr. John Kendrick George P. Breakston ...Danny Kendrick (as George Breakston) Lois Wilson ...Dr. Louise Stone Valerie Hobson ...Mrs. Kendrick Stanley Fields ...Dog Catcher Frank Reicher ...Dr. James Richard Carle ...A.K. Arnold Dean Benton ...Intern Lois January ...Nurse Richard Quine ...Mickey Maidel Turner ...Mrs. Vandergriff George MacQuarrie ...Judge Otis Harlan ...Dr. Henderson Robert E. Cornish ...Himself Mario Margutti ...Cornish's Assistant William Black ...Cornish's Assistant Ralph Colmar ...Cornish's Assistant Roderic Krider ...Cornish's Assistant Tommy Bupp ...Boy in Boys Club John Elliott ...Doctor Harrison Greene ...Grocer Aggie Herring ...Mrs. McGilluty Si Jenks ...Card player Dickie Jones ...Newsboy Margaret Mann ...Flower vendor Remaining Cast: Producer(s): Lou L. Ostrow Writer(s): Eugene Frenke L. Wolfe Gilbert John F. Goodrich James P. Hogan Arthur T. Horman Mary McCarthy Composer(s): Clifford Vaughan Oliver Wallace More Movie Taglines: The mystery of the man who conquered death! Movie Trivia: Uses footage from actual University of Southern California experiment in which scientists claimed they brought a dead dog back to life. Robert E. Cornish, playing himself in the film, was one of the scientists involved. The author, Eugene Frenke (husband of actress Anna Sten) sued Universal for $145,424 claiming that the studio failed to release the picture through normal channels. The film was banned in England during its initial release and was never subsequently shown there. IMDB Links: » User Comments at imdb.com » More information at imdb.com Keywords: Doctor, Reanimation, Based On True Story  ...[more] Keywords All: Seen it? Rate it Currently 6.31/10 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Rating: 6.3 out of 10.0 - 52 votes cast total buy movie on dvd del.icio.us  |  digg  |  reddit Enter your zipcode for movie listings: » BACK TO HORROR MOVIES LIST