Before I Hang 84 years old

Beware! When Karloff stops the clock, your hour has come!

Before I Hang

A physician on death row for a mercy killing is allowed to experiment on a serum using a criminals' blood, but secretly tests it on himself. He gets a pardon, but finds out he's become a Jekyll-&-Hyde.

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Before I Hang Cast

Name Character
Edmund Mortimer He was 66, 69 years old when he died as Courtroom Spectator
Boris Karloff He was 52, 81 years old when he died as Dr. John Garth
Ernie Adams He was 55, 62 years old when he died as Sam - Hospital Prison Orderly
Edward Van Sloan He was 57, 81 years old when he died as Dr. Ralph Howard
Kenneth MacDonald He was 39, 70 years old when he died as Anson, Prison Guard
Evelyn Keyes She was 23, 91 years old when she died as Martha Garth
Don Beddoe He was 37, 87 years old when he died as Capt. McGraw
George McKay He was 56, 61 years old when he died as Reardon
James T. Mack He was 69, 77 years old when he died as Butler
Frederick Burton He was 68, 86 years old when he died as Governor Prentiss
Pedro de Cordoba He was 58, 68 years old when he died as Victor Sondini
Charles Trowbridge He was 58, 85 years old when he died as Judge Braden
John Tyrrell He was 39, 48 years old when he died as Sanders
Bert Moorhouse He was 45, 59 years old when he died as Cousel at Defense Table
Robert Fiske He was 50, 54 years old when he died as District Attorney
Stanley Brown He was 59, 1 years old when he died as Prison Gate Guard
Eddie Laughton He was 37, 48 years old when he died as Guard
Edward Earle He was 58, 90 years old when he died as Dr. Nichols
Bruce Bennett He was 34, 100 years old when he died as Dr. Paul Ames
Ben Taggart He was 51, 57 years old when he died as Warden Thompson
Jack Cheatham He was 45, 76 years old when he died as Patrolman Olson
Richard Fiske He was 24, 28 years old when he died as Mandish
Frank Richards He was 31, 82 years old when he died as Otto Kron - Convict
Sam Harris (Australian actor) was 63, 92 years old when died as Courtroom Spectator

Before I Hang Crew

Name Department
Charles Nelson as Editor. He was 39 (95) years old when He died Editing
Lionel Banks as Art Direction. He was 39 (48) years old when He died Art
Nick Grinde as Director. He was 47 (86) years old when He died Directing
Benjamin H. Kline as Director of Photography. He was 46 (79) years old when He died Camera
Karl Brown as Story. He was 43 (93) years old when He died Writing
Robert Hardy Andrews as Story. He was 36 (73) years old when He died Writing
Robert Hardy Andrews as Screenplay. He was 36 (73) years old when He died Writing
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Before I Hang (84 years)

Beware! When Karloff stops the clock, your hour has come!

  • Release day: Tuesday, September 17, 1940
  • Runtime: 62 minutes