The Thing with Two Heads
The doctor blew it--the most fantastic medical experiment of the age.
1972 | 91m | English
Popularity: 0.7 (history)
| Director: | Lee Frost |
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| Writer: | Lee Frost, Wes Bishop, James Gordon White |
| Staring: |
| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Jul 19, 1972 |
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| Director: | Lee Frost |
| Writer: | Lee Frost, Wes Bishop, James Gordon White |
| Genres: | Comedy, Science Fiction |
| Keywords | gorilla, chase, police, blaxploitation cinema, severed head, racism, motorcycle, two-headed monster, bigot |
| Production Companies | American International Pictures, Saber Productions |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 10, 2025 (Update) Entered: Apr 15, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Ray Milland | Maxwell Kirshner |
| Rosey Grier | Jack Moss |
| Don Marshall | Dr. Fred Williams |
| Roger Perry | Dr. Philip Desmond |
| Chelsea Brown | Lila |
| Kathrine Baumann | Patricia |
| John Dullaghan | Thomas |
| John Bliss | Donald |
| Bruce Kimball | Police Lieutenant |
| Jane Kellem | Miss Mullen |
| Lee Frost | Sergeant Hacker |
| Wes Bishop | Dr. Smith |
| Roger Gentry | Police Sergeant |
| Britt Nilsson | Nurse |
| Rick Baker | Gorilla |
| Phil Hoover | Policeman |
| Rod Steele | Medical Salesman |
| Michael Viner | Prison Guard |
| William Smith | Hysterical Condemned Man |
| Jerry Butler | Prison Guard |
| George E. Carey | Mitch |
| Tommy Cook | Priest |
| Albert Zugsmith | Cameo |
| Dick Whittington | TV Newscaster |
| Ron Gans | Reporter in Tan Coat (uncredited) |
| Joan Prather | Nurse (uncredited) |
| Ray Sebastian | Policeman in Car 219 (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Rick Baker | Special Effects |
| Roger Gentry | Production Manager |
| Lee Frost | Screenplay, Story, Director |
| Wes Bishop | Screenplay, Story |
| Robert O. Ragland | Original Music Composer |
| Thomas R. Burman | Special Effects |
| James Gordon White | Screenplay |
| Jack Steely | Director of Photography |
| Gail Brown | Special Effects |
| Pete Peterson | Special Effects |
| Paul Nuckles | Stunt Coordinator |
| Daniel C. Striepeke | Special Effects |
| Charles H. Schram | Special Effects |
| Bud Ekins | Stunts |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Wes Bishop | Producer |
| John Lawrence | Executive Producer |
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