The Man Who Could Cheat Death | |
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Directed by | Terence Fisher |
Screenplay by | Jimmy Sangster |
Based on | The Man in Half Moon Street by Barré Lyndon |
Produced by | Michael Carreras Anthony Nelson-Keys |
Starring | Anton Diffring Hazel Court Christopher Lee |
Cinematography | Jack Asher |
Edited by | John Dunsford |
Music by | Richard Bennett |
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Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
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Running time | 83 min. |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Budget | GBP £84,000 |
The Man Who Could Cheat Death is a 1959 British horror film, directed by Terence Fisher and starring Anton Diffring, Hazel Court, and Christopher Lee. Jimmy Sangster adapted the screenplay from the play The Man in Half Moon Street by Barré 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 in the US on 19 August 1959 and in the UK on 30 November 1959.