The Thing with Two Heads (1972)

User Rating:

2.8/10   

Director:

Lee Frost

Writers:

Wes Bishop (screenplay)
Wes Bishop (story)

Release Date:

19 July 1972 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Horror | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

They transplanted a white bigot's head on a soul brother's body!

Plot:

A rich but racist man is dying and hatches an elaborate scheme for transplanting his head onto another man's body...

Plot Keywords:

Scientist | Chase | Two Headed Man | X Rayed Skeleton | Head Transplant

Cast

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
John F. Goff	...	Police Lieutenant (as Bruce Kimball)
Bruce Kimball	...	Police Lieutenant
Jane Kellem	...	Miss Mullen
Lee Frost	...	Sergeant Hacker
Wes Bishop	...	Dr. Smith
Roger Gentry	...	Police Sergeant
Britt Nilsson	...	Nurse

Also Known As:

The Beast with Two Heads
The Man with Two Heads

Runtime:

93 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Finland:K-16 | USA:PG

Company:

Saber Productions

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.

Quotes:

Dr. Maxwell Kirshner: Philip, get me another body.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Mystery Science Theater 3000: Quest of the Delta Knights (#10.13)" (1998)

Soundtrack:

A Prayer

What a cheesy delight! So many comments for such B-flick!

Snowed in on an early December 2003 Sunday. Caught this one by accident on cable and couldn't stop watching. What a delightfully cheesy flick. The long chase scene was a howl. As the chase unfolded, you could tell most of the cars weren't even in running condition so they just pushed them off some steep hill to get them to roll and crash. The same car gets wrecked about 6 times again and again. The one liners are a riot. The acting, script and plot is too funny to even consider it legit. I'm surprised this didn't make the Rolling Stone 50 top cult film list. The music and score has that 70's wha-wha, bowchickabownow sound, right up until the end that is, when it suddenly turns Gospel, with Rosy, his old lady and the doctor driving off into the night singing "Oh Happy Days". What a wacky gem from 72! I recommend it if you're snowed in and you've got 90 mins. to kill. Enjoy!