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 | |
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Bruce Kimball | ... | Police Lieutenant |
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Jane Kellem | ... | Miss Mullen |
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Lee Frost | ... | Sergeant Hacker |
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Wes Bishop | ... | Dr. Smith |
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Roger Gentry | ... | Police Sergeant |
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Britt Nilsson | ... | Nurse |
Rick Baker | ... | Gorilla |
A rich but racist man is dying and hatches an elaborate scheme for transplanting his head onto another man's body. His health deteriorates rapidly, and doctors are forced to transplant his head onto the only available candidate: a black man from death row. Written by Murray Chapman <muzzle@cs.uq.oz.au>
"The Thing with Two Heads" is a masterpiece of 1970's explotiation. Everything is here: a no-talent Football star actor (Rosey Grier), Pre-"Smokey and the Bandit" car chases, motorcycles, blaxploitation cliches galore, cheap monsters, no budget, beyond-bad dialogue, a director who thought he was moving up and out of the porno industry, and, of course, the great Ray Milland, star of the incomparable 1970's classic "Frogs". Classic scenes: Convicted convict Grier comes out of anesthesia and expresses suprise and dismay at finding Ray Milland's head attached to his body. Grier: "What did you guys do to me?" Milland, sounding petulent: "We transplanted my head onto your body--now shut up!"
Grier and Milland (the two heads on Rosey's body, remember) show up at Grier's girlfriend's apartment in search of refuge from the cops: Grier: (noticing his gal's shock at seeing his 2-headed condition) "Don't worry baby, I won't hurt you." Girlfriend (looking unsure): "You get into more s***."
The whole film is like this. HIGH-larious. No one could do this on purpose, and that's what makes this 1970's classic such a fantastic find.