62 The Man They Could Not Hang ( 1939 )

It's  Boris  Karloff  in  mad  scientist  guise  one  again  as  Dr  Savvard  pioneering  an  artificial  respirator. This  time  he  finds  a  willing  volunteer   for  death  and  resurrection  among  his  medical  students  but  the  young  man's  girlfriend  gets  cold  feet  and  the  police  interrupt  the  experiment  at  the  crucial  point. Hanged  for  murder , Savard  is  revived  by  his  assistant  and  is  out  for  revenge.

This  is  a  hotch  potch  of  familiar  elements   put  together  without  much  care  for  logic  and  the  ending  seems  rushed.

Lorna  Gray  ( as  Janet  Savvard )

Sex : No

Death :  Electrocuted  but  then  revived

Lorna's  original  name  was  Virginia  Pound  and  her  first  films  at  paramount  were  made  using  her real  name. At  Columbia  she  changed  it  to  Lorna Gray  then  to  Adrian (sic)   Booth   when  she moved  to  Republic. She  retired  shortly  after  getting  wed  in  1949. At  99, she  is  the  first  adult  actress we've covered  who  is  still  alive.

Ann  Doran  ( as  Betty  Crawford  )  

Sex : No

Death  :  Survives

Ann  had  a  long  career  as  a    bit  part  player  and  character  actress.  Her  most  famous  role  was  as  James  Dean's  mother  in  Rebel  Without  A  Cause.  In  the  latter  part  of  her  career  she  worked  mainly  in  television. She  died  in  2000  aged  89.