The Man Who Could Cheat Death Poster

The Man Who Could Cheat Death (1959)

06/15/1959 Horror, Science Fiction 1h 23m
58%
User
Score
6.3/10
60%

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

Overview

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.

Terence Fisher

Director

Jimmy Sangster

Screenplay

Top Billed Cast

Anton Diffring

Anton Diffring

Dr. Georges Bonner

Hazel Court

Hazel Court

Janine Dubois

Christopher Lee

Christopher Lee

Dr. Pierre Gerrard

Arnold Marlé

Arnold Marlé

Prof. Ludwig Weiss

Delphi Lawrence

Delphi Lawrence

Margo Phillipe

Francis de Wolff

Francis de Wolff

Insp. LeGris

Gerda Larsen

Gerda Larsen

Street Girl

Middleton Woods

Middleton Woods

Little Man

Michael Ripper

Michael Ripper

Morgue Attendant

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Media

THE MAN WHO COULD CHEAT DEATH - 1959

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Reviews

A review by Wuchak

Written on November 1, 2019

***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 “Frankenst...

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