The Thing with Two Heads

The Thing with Two Heads

91 mins | Comedy, Science Fiction | July 19, 1972

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.

The Thing with Two Heads

91 mins | Comedy, Science Fiction | July 19, 1972

The Thing with Two Heads
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.
IMDb rating 4.5
Producers American International Pictures, Saber Productions
Original title The Thing with Two Heads
Directors Lee Frost
Writers James Gordon White, Wes Bishop, Lee Frost

Cast

Ray Milland

as Maxwell Kirshner

Rosey Grier

as Jack Moss

Don Marshall

as Dr. Fred Williams

Roger Perry

as Dr. Philip Desmond

Chelsea Brown

as Lila

Kathrine Baumann

as Patricia

John Dullaghan

as Thomas

John Bliss

as Donald

Bruce Kimball

as Police Lieutenant

Jane Kellem

as Miss Mullen

Lee Frost

as Sergeant Hacker

Wes Bishop

as Dr. Smith

Roger Gentry

as Police Sergeant

Britt Nilsson

as Nurse

Rick Baker

as Gorilla

Phil Hoover

as Policeman

Rod Steele

as Medical Salesman

Michael Viner

as Prison Guard

William Smith

as Hysterical Condemned Man

Jerry Butler

as Prison Guard

George E. Carey

as Mitch

Tommy Cook

as Priest

Albert Zugsmith

as Cameo

Dick Whittington

as TV Newscaster

Ron Gans

as Reporter in Tan Coat (uncredited)

Joan Prather

as Nurse (uncredited)

Ray Sebastian

as Policeman in Car 219 (uncredited)