MERKIN’S WORLD B MOVIE REVIEW

The Man Without a Body - Available on YouTube 1957 

Filmplays Limited 

Director: Billy Wilder

Distributed by Budd Rogers Releasing Corporation Filmed in the UK on a budget of 20,000 pounds and directed by W. Lee Wilder younger brother of Billy Wilder whom lovingly referred to “Willie” as “a dull son of a bitch.” The plot concerns a wealthy SOB with a brain tumor played by George Coulouris (Citizen Kane, Papillon) who convinces a monkey-head-transplant doctor played by Robert Hutton (The Green Slime) to attempt a human head transplant. Somewhat interesting is the donor head is that of Nostradamus. Don’t ask it doesn’t matter! 

                                                         I Predict This Movie Will Suck 

 The twist comes when the SOB finds out his gold digging girlfriend is screwing the lab assistant. He shoots the lab assistant and Nostradamus’s head ends up on the first man dying - simple head triage. The final scene of the lab assistant walking around London with a fake Nostradamus head in a giant white box on his shoulders being pursued by a panicked SOB with a brain tumor is worth a few minutes. Also, Robert Hutton can really smoke a cigarette. Check it out. Two ½ foretold Merkins.