The Man Who Could Cheat Death

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The Man Who Could Cheat Death is a 1959 British horror film about an immortal sculptor whose gruesome rejuvenation methods lead to terror and tragedy.

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The Man Who Could Cheat Death canonical 3

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instanceOf British horror film
film
artDirector Bernard Robinson
basedOn The Man in Half Moon Street
play
characterPortrayed Anton Diffring as Dr. Georges Bonnet
Arnold Marlé as Dr. Ludwig Weiss
Christopher Lee as Dr. Pierre Gerrard
Hazel Court as Janine Dubois
cinematographer Jack Asher
colorProcess Eastmancolor
composer Richard Rodney Bennett
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
director Terence Fisher
distributor J. Arthur Rank Film Distributors
Paramount Pictures
distributorRegion United Kingdom
United States
editor James Needs
filmingStudio Bray Studios
format Technicolor
genre horror film
hasPosterTagline He lived 104 years in the body of a man of 30!
mainCharacter Georges Bonnet
narrativeTheme immortality
medical ethics
rejuvenation
originalLanguage English
playwrightOfSourceWork Barré Lyndon
plotSummary An immortal sculptor maintains his youth through gruesome rejuvenation methods that lead to terror and tragedy.
producer Michael Carreras
productionCompany Hammer Film Productions
protagonistOccupation sculptor
releaseDate 1959-06-24
releaseYear 1959
runtimeMinutes 83
screenwriter Jimmy Sangster
settingLocation Paris
starredActor Anton Diffring
Arnold Marlé
Christopher Lee
Delphi Lawrence
Francis De Wolff
Hazel Court
timePeriodSetting late 19th century

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Hazel Court notableWork The Man Who Could Cheat Death
Paul Massie notableWork The Man Who Could Cheat Death
Jill Bennett notableWork The Man Who Could Cheat Death