"Hands of a stranger": advertisement for film. Colour lithograph, 1962.
- Date:
- [1962]
- Reference:
- 679838i
- Pictures
About this work
Description
"A surgeon must graft new hands on a concert pianist to replace his badly mangled ones. However, after the operation, the pianist comes to believe that his new hands have a mind of their own, and are trying to force him to commit evil acts"-- Internet movie database. Set in the USA? Poster shows: hands clutching the letter H of Hands; a scalpel; x-rays of hands; surgeons operating; men fighting; a woman screaming
Publication/Creation
[United States?] : Allied Artists, [1962] (Printed in U.S.A.)
Physical description
1 print : lithograph, printed in colours ; sheet 104.5 x 68.2 cm
Lettering
Hands of a stranger. The surgeon's scalpel writes a thriller! They gave him the hands of a killer! Copyright © 1962 Allied Artists.
Further lettering: "Property of National Screen Service Corp. Licensed for display only in connection with the exhibition of the picture. Must be returned immediately thereafter."
Reference
Wellcome Collection 679838i
Creator/production credits
Based on the novel by Maurice Renard "Les mains d'Orlac", without acknowledgment; the fourth film to be based on the plot of that book
Cast includes Paul Lukather, Joan Harvey, James Stapleton, Irish McCalla
Type/Technique
Languages
Where to find it
Location Status Access Closed stores