Search - The Man Who Could Cheat Death on DVD

MPAA Rating: NR Content Advisory: Questionable for Children Movie Release: 1959 DVD Release: 09/23/2008 Format: DVD - Color - Closed Captioned Audio Tracks: English SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 22 mins Studio: Legend Films Members Wishing: 3 Genres: Horror, Psychological Thriller

After emerging as a potent force in the genre with Horror of Dracula, Hammer Films added their handsome Gothic touch to this lesser-known remake of the 1944 suspenser The Man in Half Moon Street (itself adapted from a play by Barre Lyndon). Anton Diffring stars as a century-old artist who maintains a youthful appearance by regularly replacing certain glands -- in transplants that he receives thanks to the unwilling participation of healthy donors. Despite his outward physical vitality, his advanced years lead to an increasing mental instability, evinced by his mad obsession with an old flame (Hazel Court) whose newfound love for a suave doctor (Christopher Lee) compels Diffring to commit acts of diabolical cruelty that ultimately become his grisly undoing. Directed by Hammer regular Terence Fisher, who applies a high polish to this atmospheric period thriller. ~ Cavett Binion, All Movie Guide

Anton Diffring - Dr. Georges Bonner
Hazel Court - Janine Dubois
Christopher Lee - Dr. Pierre Gerard
Arnold Marle - Dr. Ludwig Weisz
Delphi Lawrence - Margo Philippe