The Man Who Could Cheat Death

The Man Who Could Cheat Death is a 1959 British horror film, directed by Terence Fisher and starring Anton Diffring and Christopher Lee. Jimmy Sangster adapted the screenplay from the play The Man in Half Moon Street by Barr Lyndon, which had been previously filmed in 1945. The Man Who Could Cheat Death was produced by Michael Carreras and Anthony Nelson Keys for Hammer Film Productions. It was released onNovember 1959.

The film was made on a budget of 84,000. The lead role was originally offered to Peter Cushing, who turned it down only a few days before shooting started onNovember 1958. The European release of the film featured a scene in which Hazel Court appeared topless.The Hammer Story The Authorised History of Hammer Films called the film an odd mishmash of mad scientist scifi flick and gothic flannel that suffers from an excess of dialogue and a lack of action. ........

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