Top Billed Cast
Anton Diffring
Dr. Georges Bonner
Hazel Court
Janine Dubois
Christopher Lee
Dr. Pierre Gerrard
Arnold Marlé
Prof. Ludwig Weiss
Delphi Lawrence
Margo Phillipe
Francis de Wolff
Insp. LeGris
Gerda Larsen
Street Girl
Middleton Woods
Little Man
Michael Ripper
Morgue Attendant
Denis Shaw
Tavern Customer
Marie Burke
Woman at Private View
Charles Lloyd Pack
Man at Private View
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Review 1DiscussionA review by Wuchak
5
Written by Wuchak on Fri Nov 01 2019
***Tepid mix of Jack the Ripper and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, but still enjoyable***
In 1890, a sculptor in Paris (Anton Diffring) is suspected of something sinister when it’s discovered that he shows up in different city every ten years with missing persons linked to each transition. Hazel Court plays his romantic interest while Christopher Lee rounds out the potential love triangle.
"The Man Who Could Cheat Death” (1959) is an obscure Hammer film that should be appreciated by fans of these particular gothic horrors. As my title blurb points out, it meshes elements of Jack the Ripper and...
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