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The Man Who Could Cheat Death
UNITED KINGDOM · 1959

The Man Who Could Cheat Death

Terence Fisher
immortality mad science organ transplantation serial murder obsession with youth
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Synopsis

Dr. Bonner plans to live forever through periodic gland transplants from younger, healthier human victims. Bonner looks about 40; he's really 104 years old. But people are starting to get suspicious, and he may not make 200.

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