The Man Without a Body
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The Man Without a Body is a 1957 British
horror film
directed by Charles Saunders
and W. Lee Wilder
and starring Robert Hutton
, George Coulouris
and Julia Arnall
. A wealthy man pays a surgeon to replace his brain with that of Nostradamus
. It is also known as Curse of Nostradamus.
Cinema of the United Kingdom
The United Kingdom has had a major influence on modern cinema. The first moving pictures developed on celluloid film were made in Hyde Park, London in 1889 by William Friese Greene, a British inventor, who patented the process in 1890. It is generally regarded that the British film industry...
horror film
Horror film
Horror films seek to elicit a negative emotional reaction from viewers by playing on the audience's most primal fears. They often feature scenes that startle the viewer through the means of macabre and the supernatural, thus frequently overlapping with the fantasy and science fiction genres...
directed by Charles Saunders
Charles Saunders (director)
Charles Joel Saunders was an English film director and screenwriter who started in the industry as a film editor, and who also contributed to television...
and W. Lee Wilder
W. Lee Wilder
William Lee Wilder was an Austrian-born American screenwriter, film producer and director. He was the brother of the film director Billy Wilder.-Selected filmography:* The Glass Alibi * The Pretender * Yankee Fakir...
and starring Robert Hutton
Robert Hutton (actor)
-Early life:Robert Hutton was the son of a hardware merchant and was a cousin of the Woolworth heiress Barbara Hutton. He attended Blair Academy, a small, exclusive boarding school in Blairstown, New Jersey...
, George Coulouris
George Coulouris
George Coulouris was a prominent English film and stage actor.-Early life:Coulouris was born in Manchester, England, the son of Abigail and Nicholas Coulouris, a merchant of Greek origin. He was brought up both in Manchester and nearby Urmston and was educated at Manchester Grammar School...
and Julia Arnall
Julia Arnall
-Selected filmography:* I Am a Camera * Value for Money * Simon and Laura * Man of the Moment * Lost * The Man Without a Body * Mark of the Phoenix * Model for Murder...
. A wealthy man pays a surgeon to replace his brain with that of Nostradamus
Nostradamus
Michel de Nostredame , usually Latinised to Nostradamus, was a French apothecary and reputed seer who published collections of prophecies that have since become famous worldwide. He is best known for his book Les Propheties , the first edition of which appeared in 1555...
. It is also known as Curse of Nostradamus.
Cast
- Robert HuttonRobert Hutton (actor)-Early life:Robert Hutton was the son of a hardware merchant and was a cousin of the Woolworth heiress Barbara Hutton. He attended Blair Academy, a small, exclusive boarding school in Blairstown, New Jersey...
... Dr. Phil R. Merritt - George CoulourisGeorge CoulourisGeorge Coulouris was a prominent English film and stage actor.-Early life:Coulouris was born in Manchester, England, the son of Abigail and Nicholas Coulouris, a merchant of Greek origin. He was brought up both in Manchester and nearby Urmston and was educated at Manchester Grammar School...
... Karl Brussard - Julia ArnallJulia Arnall-Selected filmography:* I Am a Camera * Value for Money * Simon and Laura * Man of the Moment * Lost * The Man Without a Body * Mark of the Phoenix * Model for Murder...
... Jean Cramer - Nadja ReginNadja ReginNadja Regin is a Yugoslavian actress from Niš, Nadja Regin is a [[Yugoslavia]]n [[actress]] from [[Niš]], Nadja Regin is a [[Yugoslavia]]n [[actress]] from [[Niš]], [[Serbia]...
... Odette Vernet - Sheldon Lawrence ... Dr. Lew Waldenhouse
- Peter CopleyPeter CopleyPeter Copley was a British television, film and stage actor.-Biography:Copley was born in Bushey, Hertfordshire, son of the printmakers, John Copley and Ethel Gabain....
... Leslie - Michael GoldenMichael Golden (actor)-Selected filmography:* Send for Paul Temple * Hungry Hill * Pool of London * Salute the Toff * The Gentle Gunman * The Square Ring * Murder by Proxy * The Green Scarf...
... Michel de Notre Dame (Nostradamus) - Norman ShelleyNorman ShelleyNorman Shelley was an English actor, best known for his work in radio, in particular for the BBC's Children's Hour. He also had a recurring role as Colonel Danby in the long-running radio soap opera The Archers....
... Dr. Alexander - Stanley Van Beers ... Madame Tussaud's Guide
- Tony Quinn ... Dr. Brandon
- Maurice KaufmannMaurice KaufmannMaurice Harington Kaufmann was a British actor of stage, TV and film, particularly well-utilized in whodunnits and horrors who acted from 1954 to 1981, when he retired....
... Chauffer - William SherwoodWilliam SherwoodWilliam Sherwood was an English ecclesiastic. He was Bishop of Meath, and later Chancellor of Ireland.-Life:He obtained the see by papal provision in April, 1460. Of his earlier life nothing is known....
... Dr. Charot - Edwin EllisEdwin EllisEdwin John Ellis was a British poet and illustrator, now remembered mostly for the three-volume collection of the works of William Blake he edited with W. B. Yeats....
... Publican - Donald Marley ... Stock Broker
- Frank Forsyth ... Detective
- Kim Parker ... Maid - Suzanne
- Ernest BaleErnest BaleErnest William Bale was an English cricketer who played 148 first-class matches between 1904 and 1920, the great majority of these being for Worcestershire, for whom he was the first-choice wicket-keeper for several years before the First World War...
... Custom's Officer