The Man They Couldn't Hang: 6 out of 10: The title is a bit of a misnomer after all they do hang him (and break his neck in the process) he just doesn't stay dead. I figure a man they couldn't hang would be morbidly obese or have a thick neck or something.
The movie has Karloff as a mad scientist experimenting with his artificial heart gizmo (That is a dead ringer for a modern dialysis machine) and when the experiment goes wrong he is sentenced to death. (Karloff's characters really need better lawyers he is always getting a capital sentence for what is basically accidental manslaughter) The doctor now mad seeks revenge on the jury that convicted him by inviting them to his house and trying to kill them off one by one. The movie really gets good at this point but it ends much too soon. Another half an hour in the house with various traps would have done wonders.
Foreshadowing both modern medical technology and House on Haunted Hill, The Man They Couldn't Hang is a good movie with a disappointingly truncated ending.
The movie has Karloff as a mad scientist experimenting with his artificial heart gizmo (That is a dead ringer for a modern dialysis machine) and when the experiment goes wrong he is sentenced to death. (Karloff's characters really need better lawyers he is always getting a capital sentence for what is basically accidental manslaughter) The doctor now mad seeks revenge on the jury that convicted him by inviting them to his house and trying to kill them off one by one. The movie really gets good at this point but it ends much too soon. Another half an hour in the house with various traps would have done wonders.
Foreshadowing both modern medical technology and House on Haunted Hill, The Man They Couldn't Hang is a good movie with a disappointingly truncated ending.