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The Man without a Body (Original title)The Curse of Nostradamus (Working title)
Dates: 1957 (Copyright), 1957 (Release)

Country: United Kingdom

Director: 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

Articles held in BFI Reuben Library (5)
In: Kinematograph Weekly n2594 2 May 1957  Page: 19
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