The Man Without A Body 1957

George Coulouris stars in this timeless classic

[@michaelhall2709]

My cousin Sheldon, who played Lew the lusty lab assistant in this film, died last Thursday at the ripe age of 95. He was a husband and father, and though he never really made it as an actor he was so handsome and suave and cool that having him in the family was like being related to James Bond. He was also far more urbane and witty in real life than he was ever allowed to be onscreen. Peace on your journey, Cousin.

[@fearmonkey]

Thank you for sharing About Sheldon! I saw this movie as a young kid in the 70’s on a late night scary movie double feature. I thought the movie was really interesting at the time. As an adult it’s great to learn about the people involved in something one remembers from their childhood. Maybe you could help make a Wikipedia page for Sheldon, I noticed there wasn’t one.

[@OdeeOz]

Our deepest condolences

[@vleldaddio210]

Oh he Made IT 👍👏🙌 R I P

[@rafaelramirez1507]

Well not for nothing Micheal, but to me Sheldon was a pretty good character actor , I remember him fondly on a episode of "13 demon Street" ... nonetheless I want to add that I admired his work as a actor and may he R.I.P. 🌟 🙏

[@RawOlympia]

Your cousin was so awesome, and we are honored you shared that you are related. This is such an imaginative work, and we loved him. Cheers.

[@robbinmeissner697]

Born in 1955, this movie is really freaky. At 67 and a half I have never seen this movie before😮

[@rafaelramirez1507]

Wow 😮 , and it was shown so many times back in the early 70s

[@carolannpacificadam1944]

Never saw it either

[@lauraarcher1730]

You must be 67 and three quarters by now!

[@susanfaulkner2304]

Same here!

[@michellenelson6571]

Anything 50s is my fave and I love them!

[@scamchan]

The sick old man moves really quick when the chips are down.

[@crabstick250]

Love the eyeball they keep alive...👁

[@leelarson107]

And with no juice to keep it moist.

[@MeriScrapper13]

The over 400 year old head of Nostradamus is taken to a cheesy lab with a doctor brilliant enough to bring it to life. AND Nostradamus can now speak...........In English!! What fun.....😆

[@CissyBrazil]

AND…….to have access to the coffin, which has a lid that can be slid to one side easily. Lol lol lol. This craziness really made this movie quite entertaining.

[@TS-1267]

... Nostradamus was A Barnsley Lad By Eck!!!!… 😂

[@JohnSmith-sr8fw]

Love it "Nostro's head speaking English"

[@DennisFreitas-bn7nh]

😂😂😂

[@Stax-ht9md]

Of all the heads to grab in this crazy mixed up world! Michel de Nostredame!!!!!

[@leebritnell2405]

The more I see it,the more I love it.Gloriously mad!

[@leebritnell2405]

Lovely!Better than any 'respectable ' Oscar movie any day .

[@Hollystein]

😂😂😂Equal parts hilarious and bizarre. I love how everyone was just going about their job not thinking that any of this was in the least bit unusual. Great Halloween backdrop movie like Bride of Frankenstein

[@johnostrue7061]

Great old film and a very nice print

[@randyacuna3248]

I has forgotten about this movie, saw this on channel 9 in the middle 1960s and enjoyed it.

[@rafaelramirez1507]

Yes Randy , me as well except I saw it in the early 70s channel 9 👍😊

[@kenboulder212]

Good and entertaining movie. Thanks for posting!

[@dec66.18]

Great bandage job on Nostradamus.😊

[@CissyBrazil]

😂😂

[@dementedweasel1]

That's one way to get ahead!

[@nessiesearcher]

A surprisingly effective, dark little B film with good acting and a wonderfully bizarre plot. Thank you for posting.

[@littlemissgroove]

I thought oh god this is going to be rubbish...until I watched it and found it most entertaining 😊 Excellent actors. Love George Coulouris always brilliant 😊😊

[@rafaelramirez1507]

If you have a hour or so to invest ,the flick "The Woman Eater" is pretty cool, fun and entertaining 👍

[@littlemissgroove]

@rafaelramirez1507 OK thanks 😊

[@louisbrugnoni7639]

I like how Nostradamus got included in the movie 😊

[@ritagoforth2317]

The patient is told there is a surgeon in England. They get to England and the Dr is speaking with an American accent to the patient who now speaks with an English one. Such continuity!! You have to love it!!.

[@rafaelramirez1507]

One of those flicks that always sticks with you no matter how many sci-fi horror films you watch over the years ... my Mom really liked this movie a great deal ... me ? I love it ... love it so much that I have it on VHS , not to watch but to have it in my collection 👌🏻

[@boogieknee3781]

"the man with 2 brains" comes to mind.

[@Zoydian]

They resurrected the brain of one of the greatest minds in history, then leave him alone with a raging maniac.... LOL Great film by the way, thank for sharing!

[@brucemoriarty9964]

Wonderful movie. I love the old movies. 🙂👍

[@DavieHenry-jz7vs]

I love old movies

[@PhillyBill59]

Enjoyable...thanks for sharing :)

[@ernestscribbler-Inyenga]

I haven’t laughed so much and out loud at a movie for such a long time , thank you

[@rogerscottcathey]

Right there with ya! Haha! Crazy British humour with such twisted tragicomedy

[@Anti-leftist7777]

The greatest story ever told

[@swansong007]

Great comedy, haven’t laughed so much for years.

[@Alexaklr]

Bizarre but so so funny. The ending is priceless. Thanks so much for sharing.

[@rafaelmadrigal1534]

The patient smoking in the lab. "Winston" takes good like a cigarette should.

[@CissyBrazil]

😂😂

[@righiferdinando]

65 years old, but very interesting, Thanks from Italy

[@oldenglishsheepdogfun5960]

Kept me watching

[@rogerscottcathey]

Why, this might be the greatest film . . . ever . . made . . . !!

[@johnpendarvis7885]

The physiology of the head of Nostradamus is so preposterous it's actually interesting.

[@mccray44]

What an interesting and odd movie. They packed a lot of drama in such a short movie.

[@dakotafarm1]

This is the best quality of this old film that I've ever seen. Thanks for posting it!

[@paulmorgan4369]

thx for the comment.

[@jonnyvassvag]

The filmmakers of " The brain that wouldnt die" (1962) must have been inspired by this movie wich was released 5 years earlier.

[@susanfaulkner2304]

Another good Sci-Fi film!😊

[@jonnyvassvag]

I agree@@susanfaulkner2304

[@happytrails699]

love how he is smoking while getting his brain charted, ha!

[@susanfaulkner2304]

Yup!

[@EdnaCloud]

Corny but it passed the time and made me laugh, dare I say I enjoyed it

[@IrvONeil-fn6cp]

Thank you for posting this! I have never seen it, much less heard of it, but with George Coulouris starring and W. Lee Wilder co-directing, I know what I'm going to be watching this Labor Day weekend!! (Actually, I probably won't wait for the weekend, but watch it tonight!) Wilder made many entertaining low-budget films like The Glass Alibi and its remake The Big Bluff, and a unique early noir called The Pretender with Albert Dekker that featured fantastic photography by noir specialist John Alton.

[@miked6426]

Looks cool. Gotta watch..

[@timfronimos459]

Robert Hutton from The Slime People!! Thanks for posting this film.

[@Mr22thou]

Obviously inspired by the superior "Donovan's Brain," this movie has enough original ideas & just plain weirdness to make it worth watching, for psychotronic film fans. "Donovan's Brain" shows up on KZbin now & then & there's also a radio adaptation starring Orson Wells that is on KZbin.

[@cynthiajones1123]

❤

[@bftdr]

sure, sure, sure

[@angelaconnor4942]

Thanks for posting

[@pathdaly]

The roles of Logic and Plausibility, were played by no-one and nobody, respectively.

[@Hollystein]

My sentiments exactly. I was yelling at the screen half the time and then at some point I just started laughing.

[@pathdaly]

@@Hollystein it seemed to get sillier as it went on!

[@poppa6582]

The Doc was totally off his game, if I had a beautiful assistant like her working by my side I would know the color of her eyes, hair, her dress size, shoe size, ring size, waist size and any other size pertaining to her👍🏽😂

[@TheSistaWarrior]

that was a gruesome ending for a movie made in 1957

[@rafaelramirez1507]

There is another enjoyable gem thar I recommend, "The thing that couldn't die" 😊👍

[@gregg53jones]

I can't believe I watched the whole thing. 😅

[@paulmorgan4369]

Best copy on the internet.

[@bob2732]

You got that right ! Thank you for bringing it to all of us.

[@rafaelramirez1507]

Indeed it is 👍

[@paulstark6818]

A great watch more exsceple than the modern versions ❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@KATROCKCOUNTRY]

Thank you ❣️

[@johnnyblade4351]

1957 London I love the streets with hardly any traffic and the old motors. Today the notorious M25, Congestion charges & all the rest. Did Nostradamus predict that I wonder ? Love the ending. Thanx

[@royrice8021]

Sequel “Man Without A Head”…….👍

[@marknelson2-ih6sq]

I've seen just about every '50s sci-fi but never even heard of this .. totally cooool climax .. I'm not sure what some found to be funny

[@rafaelramirez1507]

Wow 😮, and back in the early 70s this flick was shown so many times , on Chiller Theatre WPIX channel 11 , Creature Features WNEW channel 5 and Fright Night WOR channel 9 ... yep I still have a good memory 😊👍

[@johnnynoirman]

Beautiful print friend!☝

[@paulmorgan4369]

You might be right however there were a few Nostrodamus themed films from Mexico around the same time. One was the Curse of Nostradamus - a vampire classic.

[@watchgoose]

Nostradamus, not Nosferatu?

[@watchgoose]

Nosferatu?

[@musicalme27]

​@@watchgoose No.

[@bergy-62]

Nadja Regin was a very lovely woman.....she was in a couple of early James Bond movies as well.

[@ellierfromthebronx4531]

Now how do you use Nostradamus' brain and head after so long? It would be a skull if even that! I know the doctor said he could revive tissue, but really...

[@WadeRaney-vv5oi]

A good 🎥,Thanks 😉

[@MegaLivingIt]

One big cigarette ad.

[@clydekimsey7503]

When asked how do you do, no one ever answers😅

[@jeffolsen4983]

Thanks!!

[@johnmitchelljr]

Thank you.

[@9284vr]

I wonder if this movie inspired The Brain that Wouldn't Die a couple of years later?

[@mikedrown2721]

Jan in the pan😄

[@reeritz1280]

Pretty corny...but fun. This is no classic like Frankenstein, but the whole Nostradomis brain within the plot kept me watching til the end!

[@joeblogs-vx4ep]

Man without a body that's me living as a ghost 👻

[@melg1621]

OMG! I'm just glad I wasn't drinking a beer during the ending. Beer coming out your nose is painful. This is weird and hilarious. Thank you, I loved it.

[@SunRabbit]

Given how famous Nostradamus was, I'm surprised that nobody ever named a high school after him. Nostradamus High School. Has a certain "ring" to it.

[@CissyBrazil]

Omg, the ending!I won’t spoil it. Lol. I started laughing. One of those laughs where as you continue there’s no more sounds or just little squeaky noises coming out.😂😂😅

[@richardnogan4579]

Not bad for a low budget B flick. Tku for post.

[@iac4357]

Not a bad Movie; typical of the Times it was made in.

[@jacquelinebell6201]

Entertaining. More so than many modern gorefests these days.

[@billruss6704]

Based on the short story "Hw to get a head in life".

[@Sam16mee]

Thanks

[@steelwheels327]

Nostradamus giving out bad stock tips !!! ah oh Broussard is going to smack his head off that lab table lol!! too funny!

[@mumblesbadly7708]

Gotta love a personal doctor who helps you get your cigarette.

[@adrianpolley9419]

and one who smokes in a lab full of chemicals !!!

[@karenmcdonald7801]

I think you had to smoke to be a Doctor in those days.

[@SunRabbit]

Now that you mention it, I just realised that every doctor and dentist I've ever had, has been a cigarette smoker like myself. Like, what are the chances?

[@rickypayne9192]

The special effects of this movie was 2 dollars eighty four cents

[@rozchristopherson648]

Low budget. 🤣🤣

[@rozchristopherson648]

@@johnhill369 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@ronaldbrush4373]

On the next Svengoolie!

[@3DPrintingDoctorWho]

Wonderful print of W. Lee Wilder's most bizarre film. I've been trying to convince MST3K/Rifftrax/The Mads to do this one for years. It'd be an instant classic.

[@paulmorgan4369]

Well, thanks for the comment it's the best print on the internet. There's actually an mkv of it with serbian subtitles floating around like Nostrodamus' head - this mp4 was derived from it.

[@therailbob]

Good news my friend, a Rifftrax of this just got released.

[@operadog2000]

A good campy movie. Nadja Regin was quite good looking.

[@craig4867]

UPCOMING MOVIE The Woman with a Hot Body

[@mumblesbadly7708]

Gotta love how the Frenchman Nostrodamus immediately starts speaking English when his brain is brought back to life hundreds of years after his death in Paris! 🤣🤣🤣

[@rafaelmadrigal9038]

I wish I had a nickel for every old car that came out in this movie. I would be $3.50 rich.

[@DouglasWilford-ls1pf]

After all, the old, black & white Is horror movies I've seen I'm surprised I missed this. I live in a Detroit area. I never seen this on Sir Graves gasley or creature feature Are on the Goule. All them shows have been off since the early seventies To the early eighties

[@Blayze1017]

Based on a true story

[@leelarson107]

REALLY??? **Tell us more about it.

[@GHMinerals]

Classic

[@denniscarroll7696]

Well, Nostradamus bet you didn't "see" that coming... ...???

[@mumblesbadly7708]

You’ve no doubt heard the proposition that if you had a room full of monkees pounding away at typewriters that eventually one of them would write a Shakespeare play. Well, it seems me that the script for this movie was a result of such an experiment long before it resulted in a Shakespeare play.

[@homer7130]

Tic toc brought me here.

[@celiaabbott184]

Very funny!!

[@buzzawuzza3743]

Did this movie use the same lab sets as "Scream Demon Scream"? Does anyone know?

[@RingJando]

@47:07 Doctor telling a regenerated head that ; "We have regenerated dead tissue." The head answers back; "You don't say?"

[@pam1574]

😂😂😂

[@antonioortiz4544]

This movie was based on actual events.

[@garyhuffford6085]

Scientists playing God , man does not have to kind of power , what about the spirit , we don't know where it goes after death , other wise the tissue would not rot . Still it was a nice little thriller to watch . Late Saturday horror night with pop , popcorn and Suzzy Q s takes me back !

[@hertzair1186]

Yes, it’s all very well documented

[@mantonyTheFirst]

You have seen this incident based on sworn testimony. Can you prove it didn't happen?

[@mariekrekora3507]

The man getting the cap placed on his head is probably frightened by the monkeys head, it’s only a head, but it’s connected to the heart pumping. I’d get up and walk out of there.

[@gloriagalindo8386]

All that smoking in a laboratory???? So many people smoked back then.

[@austenj4539]

Lucky that the resurrected head of Nostradamus [Michel of Mont Matre] spoke only in English, not French ! Incroyable!l

[@dennispeltier6142]

🙂

[@tammystoudt5137]

Today's lesson? Lock your doors. Everything in this would have been avoided if everyone would lock up.

[@bumpusjones.1978]

Anyone have a clue why what poses as a 1950’s version of a super fit guy was trying to accomplish by twirling sticks.

[@jerryjohnson8485]

Coordination and timing

[@bumpusjones.1978]

@@jerryjohnson8485 didn’t mean to offend you. Kudos on living until your what, you must be like 140 years old at this point.

[@louisbrugnoni7639]

I don’t know but I was mesmerized by him! Lol

[@dmk7700]

Excellent "gams" shot @ 1:20 - 1:32