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The Man Who Could Cheat Death

- HIS HIDEOUS OBSESSION LED HIM TO COMMIT GHASTLY CRIMES OF PASSION AND VIOLENCE.

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.

Release Date : 1959-06-15

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Hammer Film Productions

Production Country : United Kingdom

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Dr. Georges Bonner

Original Name : Anton Diffring

Gender : Male

Character Name : Janine Dubois

Original Name : Hazel Court

Gender : Female

Character Name : Dr. Pierre Gerrard

Original Name : Christopher Lee

Gender : Male

Character Name : Prof. Ludwig Weiss

Original Name : Arnold Marlé

Gender : Male

Character Name : Margo Phillipe

Original Name : Delphi Lawrence

Gender : Female

Character Name : Insp. LeGris

Original Name : Francis de Wolff

Gender : Male

Character Name : Street Girl

Original Name : Gerda Larsen

Gender : Male

Character Name : Little Man

Original Name : Middleton Woods

Gender : Male

Character Name : Morgue Attendant

Original Name : Michael Ripper

Gender : Male

Character Name : Tavern Customer

Original Name : Denis Shaw

Gender : Male

Character Name : Woman at Private View

Original Name : Marie Burke

Gender : Female

Character Name : Man at Private View

Original Name : Charles Lloyd Pack

Gender : Male

Reviews

Wuchak

@Wuchak

2021-06-23

***Tepid mix of Jack the Ripper and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, but still enjoyable*** In 1890, a sculptor in Paris (Anton Diffring) is suspected of something sinister when it’s discovered that he shows up in different city every ten years with missing persons linked to each transition. Hazel Court plays his romantic interest while Christopher Lee rounds out the potential love triangle. "The Man Who Could Cheat Death” (1959) is an obscure Hammer film that should be appreciated by fans of these particular gothic horrors. As my title blurb points out, it meshes elements of Jack the Ripper and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde with the typical style/sets/locations of Hammer horror. If you favor similar flicks like “The Gorgon” (1964), “Frankenstein Created Woman” (1967) and “Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed” (1969), you’ll probably like this one. Yet it’s the least of these due to unnecessarily puzzling elements concerning the sculptor’s sinister doings. Nevertheless, Diffring is effective in the titular role and it’s nice to see Lee in his younger days playing a noble character, plus redhead Hazel Court is ravishing; and blonde Delphi Lawrence ain’t no slouch. The Paris setting is another distinguishing factor. The role of the sculptor was originally offered to Peter Cushing, but he turned it down. The European release featured a tame scene in which Ms. Court briefly appears topless. The movie runs 1 hour, 23 minutes, and was shot at Bray Studios in Berkshire, England. GRADE: C+