Human Monsters, Body & Contagion, Movements & Traditions
The Man Who Could Cheat Death
1959
HIS HIDEOUS OBSESSION LED HIM TO COMMIT GHASTLY CRIMES OF PASSION AND VIOLENCE.
Directed by Terence Fisher
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Dr. Bonner plans to live forever through periodic gland transplants from younger, healthier human victims. Bonner looks about 40; he's really 104 years old. But people are starting to get suspicious, and he may not make 200.
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- Director
- Terence Fisher
- Written by
- Jimmy Sangster
- Produced by
- Michael Carreras
- Composer
- Richard Rodney Bennett
- Cinematographer
- Jack Asher
- Editor
- John Dunsford
- Studio
- Hammer Film Productions
- Origin countries
- United Kingdom, United States
- Production country
- United Kingdom
- Runtime
- 1h 23m
- Language
- en
- TMDB
- 5.8/10 (79 votes)
- Rotten Tomatoes
- 60% Fresh
- IMDb
- 6.3/10 (2,491 votes)
Released June 15, 1959
Cast
Anton Diffring
Dr. Georges Bonner
Hazel Court
Janine Dubois
Christopher Lee
Dr. Pierre Gerrard
Arnold Marlé
Prof. Ludwig Weiss
Delphi Lawrence
Margo Phillipe
Francis de Wolff
Insp. LeGris
Gerda Larsen
Street Girl
No photo
Middleton Woods
Little Man
Michael Ripper
Morgue Attendant
Denis Shaw
Tavern Customer
Marie Burke
Woman at Private View
Charles Lloyd Pack
Man at Private View
