a young man and recently engage to be marry and be the victim of a traffic accident and die a a result of his injury . his father and desperate to revive his son and agree to let a scientist friend try his experimental soul transmigration process to save him . after the young man return to life and the father and fiancée notice a dark and violent change in the young man behavior and lead them to believe something go horribly wrong in the revival process and accord to the dvd sleeve synopsis . at one point and edward norris ( a philip bennett ) be ask and what do you think this be and boys town . mr. norris should know and since he be in boys town . the man with two life be more like black friday minus karloff and lugosi . you do the math . this film might have be a contender and with a re work script while it do feature an intriguing final act . after a tepid shoot out and hang in for the drama to pick up with a well play scene between star norris and pursue detective addison richards ( a george bradley ) . the man with two life ( 1942 ) phil rosen ~ edward norris and eleanor lawson and addison richards .