rating of 67% based on six reviews, with an average rating of 6.8/10. Home media In the 1990s, The Man They Could Not Hang was released on VHS by RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video. In 2006, the film was included on a four-film DVD release titled "Icons of Horror Collection: Boris Karloff", accompanying The Black Room (1935), Before I Hang (1940), and The Boogie Man Will Get You (1942). In 2021, The Man They Could Not Hang was released on Blu-ray in Region B by Eureka Entertainment, as part of a six-film box set known as "Karloff at Columbia". The other films included in the set are The Black Room, The Man with Nine Lives, Before I Hang, The Devil Commands, and The Boogie Man Will Get You. See also Boris Karloff filmography John Babbacombe Lee, also known as "The Man They Could Not Hang" References Bibliography External links 1939 films American black-and-white films Columbia Pictures films 1930s English-language films Films directed by Nick Grinde 1930s science fiction horror films American science fiction horror films 1930s horror thriller films 1930s thriller films 1939 horror films Transhumanism in film 1930s American films