The Man without a Body (Original title)The Curse of Nostradamus (Working title)
Dates: 1957 (Copyright), 1957 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirector: W. Lee Wilder, Charles Saunders
Synopsis: A financier secures the embalmed head of sixteenth-century French oracle Nostradamus and persuades a brilliant surgeon to restore its tissues and substitute the brain for his own which is threatened by a tumour.
Genres: Horror, Science Fiction
Subject: Nostradamus (1503-1566)
Releases
Date: 1957Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 78 mins Length: 7020 FeetDialogue (original): English
Title: [Kinematograph Weekly - n2594 2 May 1957: no known title]Language: English
In: Daily Film Renter n7368 26 Apr 1957 Page: 5
Title: [Daily Film Renter - n7368 26 Apr 1957: no known title]Language: English
In: Monthly Film Bulletin v24 n281 June 1957 Page: 73
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v24 n281 June 1957: no known title]Language: English
In: Today's Cinema v88 n7763 26 Apr 1957 Page: 7
Title: [Today's Cinema - v88 n7763 26 Apr 1957: no known title]Language: English
In: Filmblätter n30 28 Jul 1950 Page: 834
Title: [Filmblätter - n30 28 Jul 1950: no known title]Language: German
Dates: 1957 (Copyright), 1957 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirector: W. Lee Wilder, Charles Saunders
Synopsis: A financier secures the embalmed head of sixteenth-century French oracle Nostradamus and persuades a brilliant surgeon to restore its tissues and substitute the brain for his own which is threatened by a tumour.
Genres: Horror, Science Fiction
Subject: Nostradamus (1503-1566)
Releases
Date: 1957Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 78 mins Length: 7020 FeetDialogue (original): English
Credits
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©: Filmplays Ltd., Produced by: Guido Coen, Produced by: W. Lee Wilder, Production Manager: John "Pinky" Green, Assistant Director: William Lang, Continuity: Splinters Deason, Screenplay by: William Grote, Director of Photography: Brendan Stafford, Camera Operator: Tony Heller, Film Editor: Tom Simpson, Art Director: Harry White, Make-up: Jim Hydes, Hair Stylist: Ivy Emerton, Music Composed and Conducted by: Albert Elms, Sound Recordist: Cyril Collick, Sound System: RCA Sound System
Cast
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Robert Hutton (Dr Phil Merritt), George Coulouris (Karl Brussard), Julia Arnall (Jean Kramer), Nadja Regin (Odette Vernay), Sheldon Lawrence (Dr Lew Waldenhaus), Michael Golden (Nostradamus), Peter Copley (Leslie), Norman Shelley (Dr Alexander), William Sherwood (Dr Charot), Stanley van Beers (Madame Tussaud's guide), Tony Quinn (Dr Brandon), Maurice Kaufman (chauffeur), Edwin Ellis (publican), Donald Morley (stock broker), Frank Forsyth (detective), Kim Parker (maid), Ernest Bale (custom's officer)
Articles held in BFI Reuben Library
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In: Kinematograph Weekly n2594 2 May 1957 Page: 19Title: [Kinematograph Weekly - n2594 2 May 1957: no known title]Language: English
In: Daily Film Renter n7368 26 Apr 1957 Page: 5
Title: [Daily Film Renter - n7368 26 Apr 1957: no known title]Language: English
In: Monthly Film Bulletin v24 n281 June 1957 Page: 73
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v24 n281 June 1957: no known title]Language: English
In: Today's Cinema v88 n7763 26 Apr 1957 Page: 7
Title: [Today's Cinema - v88 n7763 26 Apr 1957: no known title]Language: English
In: Filmblätter n30 28 Jul 1950 Page: 834
Title: [Filmblätter - n30 28 Jul 1950: no known title]Language: German