The Man Without a Body

The Man Without a Body
Directed byCharles Saunders
W. Lee Wilder
Written byWilliam Grote
Produced byGuido Coen
StarringRobert Hutton
George Coulouris
Julia Arnall
CinematographyBrendan J. Stafford
Edited byTom Simpson
Music byAlbert Elms
Production
company
Filmplays Ltd.
Distributed byEros Films
Budd Rogers Releasing Corporation (US)
Release date
  • May 1957 (1957-05) (UK)
Running time
80 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Budget£20,000[1]

The Man Without a Body (also known as Curse of Nostradamus) is a low budget 1957 British second feature[2] horror film, produced by Guido Coen and directed by Charles Saunders and W. Lee Wilder. It stars Robert Hutton, George Coulouris, Julia Arnall and Nadja Regin.[3] A wealthy American man with a brain tumour plans to replace his brain with that of Nostradamus.

The film was released theatrically in England in 1957 on a double bill with the Japanese film Half Human (1958) and a year later in the US on a double bill with Fright (1956).

  1. ^ John Hamilton, The British Independent Horror Film 1951-70 Hemlock Books 2013 p 68-69
  2. ^ Chibnall, Steve; McFarlane, Brian (2009). The British 'B' Film. London: BFI/Bloomsbury. p. 217. ISBN 978-1-8445-7319-6.
  3. ^ "The Man Without a Body". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 30 December 2023.