The Black Sleep
| The Black Sleep | |
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| Directed by | Reginald Le Borg |
| Written by | John C. Higgins |
| Based on | story by Gerald Drayson Adams |
| Produced by | Howard W. Koch executive Aubrey Schenck |
| Starring | Basil Rathbone Akim Tamiroff Lon Chaney Jr. John Carradine Bela Lugosi Herbert Rudley Tor Johnson |
| Narrated by | Basil Rathbone |
| Cinematography | Gordon Avil |
| Edited by | John Schreyer |
| Music by | Les Baxter |
Production company | Bel-Air Productions (Prospect Productions) |
| Distributed by | United Artists |
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Running time | 82 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $225,000 |
The Black Sleep (American reissue title Dr. Cadman's Secret) is a 1956 American independent horror film produced by Bel Air Productions, directed by Reginald LeBorg, and written by John C. Higgins from a story by Gerald Drayson Adams. It stars Basil Rathbone, Lon Chaney Jr., John Carradine, Bela Lugosi, and Akim Tamiroff. Tor Johnson appears in a supporting role. The film was produced by Aubrey Schenck and Howard W. Koch, as part of a four-picture finance-for-distribution arrangement with United Artists.
The film was released in the US in June 1956 as a double feature with the 1955 British film The Quatermass Xperiment (which was retitled The Creeping Unknown in the US). The Black Sleep was re-released in 1962 under the title Dr. Cadman's Secret on a double feature with Voodoo Island (which at that point was retitled Silent Death).