A wealthy business man discovers he has a brain tumor and seeks medical help. The business man finds a scientist experimenting with transplanting monkey heads on different monkey bodies. ...
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Cast
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| Robert Hutton | ... | Dr. Phil R. Merritt | |
| George Coulouris | ... | Karl Brussard | |
| Julia Arnall | ... | Jean Cramer | |
| Nadja Regin | ... | Odette Vernet | |
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Sheldon Lawrence | ... | Dr. Lew Waldenhouse |
| Peter Copley | ... | Leslie | |
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Michael Golden | ... | Nostradamus |
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Norman Shelley | ... | Dr. Alexander |
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Stanley Van Beers | ... | Madame Tussaud's Guide (as Stanley van Beers) |
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Tony Quinn | ... | Dr. Brandon |
| Maurice Kaufmann | ... | Chauffer (as Maurice Kaufman) | |
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William Sherwood | ... | Dr. Charot |
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Edwin Ellis | ... | Publican |
| Donald Morley | ... | Stock Broker | |
| Frank Forsyth | ... | Detective | |
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A wealthy business man discovers he has a brain tumor and seeks medical help. The business man finds a scientist experimenting with transplanting monkey heads on different monkey bodies. The business man decides to steal the head of Nostradamus from the prophet's crypt. Written by Scott Blacksher
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disembodied head | psychotronic film | head | brain tumor | nostradamus |Taglines:
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Language:
EnglishRelease Date:
1958 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Der Mann ohne Körper See more »Company Credits
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Mono (RCA Sound Recording)Color:
Black and WhiteAspect Ratio:
1.75 : 1
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In an interview, Robert Hutton said that credited co-director Charles Saunders was hired to meet a British government requirement that a certain percentage of British citizens had to be hired on non-British productions filmed in England. Hutton said that although Saunders was always on the set, he had nothing to do with actually directing the picture. See more »Goofs
In the movie, Nostradamus is shown as having black hair. Most, if not all, portraits and paintings of Nostradamus depict him as having blonde or light-brown hair. See more »Frequently Asked Questions
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Man Without a Body, The (1957)
* 1/2 (out of 4)
A wealthy businessman learns he has a brain tumor but thankfully he's met a doctor who's doing experiments on head transplants. The rich man decides to steal the head of Nostradamus and put on his body. There are a few interesting ideas scattered throughout the film but the poor direction and screenplay doesn't allow anything good to happen. I think a better screenplay could have made this one of the better horror films of its era but what we end up with is nothing more than a disappointment. The film is way too slow and overly long, which is never good for a horror film.