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The Thing with Two Heads
“The doctor blew it--the most fantastic medical experiment of the age.”
5.0 / 10• 1972• 1h 31m•PG• English
ComedyScience Fiction
Storyline
A rich but racist man is dying and hatches an elaborate scheme for transplanting his head onto another man's body. His health deteriorates rapidly, and doctors are forced to transplant his head onto the only available candidate: a black man from death row.
Cast & Crew
Ray Milland
Maxwell Kirshner
Lead
Rosey Grier
Jack Moss
Don Marshall
Dr. Fred Williams
Roger Perry
Dr. Philip Desmond
Chelsea Brown
Lila
Kathrine Baumann
Patricia
John Dullaghan
Thomas
John Bliss
Donald
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Lee Frost's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. The Thing with Two Heads is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
