The Hands of Orlac

1960
1h 35m

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Christopher Lee, Mel Ferrer, Dany Carrel, and Lucile Saint-Simon in The Hands of Orlac (1960)

A pianist who loses his hands in a plane crash receives the transplanted hands of an executed criminal but his new hands have the murderous tendencies of their previous owner.A pianist who loses his hands in a plane crash receives the transplanted hands of an executed criminal but his new hands have the murderous tendencies of their previous owner.A pianist who loses his hands in a plane crash receives the transplanted hands of an executed criminal but his new hands have the murderous tendencies of their previous owner.

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5.6/10

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Trivia
Simultaneously shot in English and French with Mel Ferrer and Christopher Lee, both of whom spoke French fluently, using their own voices on both soundtracks.

Connections
Featured in TJ and the All Night Theatre: The Hands of Orlac (1979)

Soundtracks
C'est Parti
Music by Claude Bolling
Lyrics by Jacques Esterel
Performed by Dany Carrel

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5/10

I Have the Best Hand!

I have to admit to dozing a bit during this film. I thought it would be a B movie, hands out of control film. Instead, there are missing action , loooooots of talking, and a silly plot that defies everything that was set up. Christopher Lee is pretty good as the villain, but this story goes nowhere. If one could give up enough of one's life to watch this again, try to understand what Lee was trying to accomplish. It's just plain dull.