The Man Who Could Cheat Death (1959)
Genre: Horror / Drama
Duration: 83 minuten
Country:
United Kingdom
Directed by: Terence Fisher
Stars: Anton Diffring, Hazel Court and Christopher Lee
IMDb score:
6,3 (2.953)
Releasedate: 15 June 1959
The Man Who Could Cheat Death plot
"HIS HIDEOUS OBSESSION LED HIM TO COMMIT GHASTLY CRIMES OF PASSION AND VIOLENCE."
dr. Bonner wants to have eternal life. For this he performs periodic transplants on young victims. Bonner now looks 40 but is actually 104 years old. But then people show up who might discover the secret...
Actors and actresses
Dr. Georges Bonner
Janine Dubois
Dr. Pierre Gerrard
Prof. Ludwig Weiss
Margo Phillipe
Insp. LeGris
Street Girl
Little Man
Morgue Attendant
Tavern Customer
Reviews & comments
Bobbejaantje
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This Hammer production has lost out over time to more illustrious productions like Dracula, The Frankensteins, and the Quatermasses of the past. And I can see why. The story never quite catches fire. Anton Diffring, as the man who cheats death, has the lead role but is also the villain. It's not that you sympathize with him, but as a viewer, you have to root for him. Christopher Lee is there as the good guy—he didn't yet have the status he would later achieve. He gives a good performance, but he's also a rather dull character. Then there's the lovely Hazel Court. Perhaps it's a significant detail that she was paid an extra £2,000 to do a topless scene—posing for sculptor Diffring. This scene was only shown in the film prints intended for the European (non-British) market. Today, however, that scene has been lost, unless it turns up again in some archive somewhere.
On the plus side, the sets, costumes, and props of the story, which is set in Paris at the end of the 19th century, are all in good order. The eye wants something special, and it gets it.
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