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The Man Who Changed His Mind (Original title)The Man Who Lived Again (Alternative title)
Date: 1936 (Release)

Country: United Kingdom

Directed by: Robert Stevenson

Synopsis: Dr Laurience has successfully devised a method for the transference of the mind of one person into that of another, but his discovery is simply treated with derision by the scientific community. Deciding to use his discovery for his own ends, and to win the love of his young laboratory assistant, Dr Clare Wyatt, Laurience transfers his mind into the body of Dick Haslewood, with whom Clare is in love.

Genres:
Horror, Science Fiction

Subjects:
Mad scientists, Experiments
Releases
Date: 1936Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 66 mins Length: 5914 FeetDialogue (original): English

Credits (19)
a Gainsborough picture: Gainsborough Pictures, Presents: Gaumont-British Picture Corporation, Controlled by: Gaumont British Distributors Ltd., Producer: Michael Balcon, Associate Producer: Edward Black, Associate Producer: Sidney Gilliat, Screen Play: L. Du Garde Peach, Screen Play: Sidney Gilliat, John L. Balderston, Photography: Jack Cox, Editing: R.E. Dearing, Alfred Roome, Art Direction: Vetchinsky, Dresses: Molyneux, Musical Direction: Louis Levy, [Sound] Recordist: W. Salter, Recorded by: British Acoustic Film, [Recorded] at: Gainsborough Studios
Cast (9)
Boris Karloff (Dr Laurience), John Loder (Dick Haslewood), Anna Lee (Dr Clare Wyatt), Frank Cellier (Lord Haslewood), Donald Calthrop (Clayton), Cecil Parker (Dr Gratton), Lyn Harding (Professor Holloway), Clive Morton (journalist), D.J. Williams (landlord)