The Man They Could Not Hang

worth a watch

The beginning and pretty much everything up until the end was pretty good but the actual ending was a letdown.

This is a serviceable little genre exercise (quite reminiscent of "Ten Little Indians") that like many serviceable genre exercises, is elevated by Karloff's presence.

Revenge fail.

Oh, what a deliciously devilish revenge! A human Frankenstein story of a dead man and the court that killed him! Awesome courtroom speech by Boris Karloff setting the tone for his brilliant scheme. He simply continues to expand to his already legendary portfolio monster personalities. Only thing reducing this experience was the rather light finish after holding little back for the grueling build-up. But that's only a minor point for one of the great horror movies of 1939!

The court room scene is the highlight of the movie. Boris rips into the judge, the prosecutor, the jurors . . . it's darkly amusing.

Good build and tension cinematically but Karloff feels uninspired. There is this sense of suspense for the victims dire situation; a feet rarely accomplished in other films.

Uncommonly good for this kind of film. Has a good deal to say

An interesting variation on the typical mad doctor plot.