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2.9/10   874 votes
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Director:
Writers:
Wes Bishop (screenplay)
Wes Bishop (story)
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Release Date:
19 July 1972 (USA) more
Genre:
Tagline:
They transplanted a white bigot's head on a soul brother's body! more
Plot:
A rich but racist man is dying and hatches an elaborate scheme for transplanting his head onto another man's body... more | add synopsis
NewsDesk:
Still more horror screenings for Halloween etc.
 (From Fangoria. 27 October 2009, 9:59 AM, PDT)

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Awful, but I can't stop watching it! more (28 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Ray Milland ... Maxwell Kirshner
Roosevelt Grier ... Jack Moss (as 'Rosey' Grier)
Don Marshall ... Dr. Fred Williams
Roger Perry ... Dr. Philip Desmond
Chelsea Brown ... Lila

Kathrine Baumann ... Patricia (as Kathy Baumann)
John Dullaghan ... Thomas
John Bliss ... Donald
Bruce Kimball ... Police Lieutenant
Jane Kellem ... Miss Mullen
Lee Frost ... Sergeant Hacker
Wes Bishop ... Dr. Smith
Roger Gentry ... Police Sergeant
Britt Nilsson ... Nurse

Rick Baker ... Gorilla
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
The Beast with Two Heads
The Man with Two Heads
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Runtime:
93 min
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Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
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Fun Stuff

Goofs:
Crew or equipment visible: During the big police-car/motorcycle chase, we see a POV shot from the motorcycle. The stunt driver (who looks nothing like any of the characters on the bike) can be seen on the right side of the screen with the camera shooting over his left shoulder. more
Quotes:
Dr. Maxwell Kirshner: Williams! If you cut off my head, that'll be murder! more
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Featured in The 50 Worst Movies Ever Made (2004) (V) more
Soundtrack:
A Prayer more

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12 out of 13 people found the following comment useful.
Awful, but I can't stop watching it!, 6 July 2003
3/10
Author: stan_c from Los Angeles, USA

Every time this film shows up on cable, I just watch it in wonder. If they thought they were making a parody, they didn't succeed; and they couldn't have been serious, could they?

Weak script, bad effects, boring chase scenes. Couldn't be worse...

Yet, shockingly, I watch it every time in total amazement. I sometimes do an exercise by putting myself in Ray Milland's place in an attempt to practice empathy.

It is the best worst movie I ever saw. I love it every time. Help me, please help me.

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