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| Credits | |
| Title: | The Thing With Two Heads |
| Director: | Lee Frost |
| Writers: | Lee Frost; Wes Bishop; James Gordon White |
| Producers: | Wes Bishop; John Lawrence; James H. Nicholson |
| Composer: | Robert O. Ragland |
| Cinematography: | Jack Steely |
| Production | |
| Production company: | Saber Productions American International Pictures |
| Released: | July 19th, 1972 |
| Rating: | PG |
| Running time: | 91 min. |
| Country: | USA |
| Language: | English |
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The Thing With Two Heads is an American independent feature film of the science fiction and horror genres. It was directed by Lee Frost with a screenplay written by Frost, Wes Bishop and James Gordon White based on a story treatment by Frost and Bishop. It was produced by American International Pictures and Saber Productions. It premiered theatrically in the United States on July 19th, 1972. The film stars Ray Milland as Doctor Maxwell Kirshner with Rosey Grier as Jack Moss. Together, they become the eponymous "Thing with two heads".
Cast[]
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Ray Milland | Maxwell Kirshner |
| Rosey Grier | Jack Moss |
| Don Marshall | Doctor Fred Williams |
| Roger Perry | Doctor Philip Desmond |
| Chelsea Brown | Lila |
| Kathy Baumann | Patricia |
| John Dullaghan | Thomas |
| John Bliss | Donald |
| Bruce Kimball | Police lieutenant |
| Jane Kellem | Miss Mullen |
| Lee Frost | Sergeant Hacker |
| Wes Bishop | Doctor 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 man |
| Jerry Butler | Prison guard |
| George E. Carey | Mitch |
| Tommy Cook | Priest |
| Albert Zugsmith | Cameo |
| Dick Whittington | TV newscaster |
Notes & Trivia[]
- The Thing With Two Heads redirects to this page.
- The tagline to this film is "The doctor blew it - the most fantastic medical experiment of the age".
- There are a total of twenty-four credited cast members in this film.
- Principal filming on The Thing With Two Heads began on May 29th, 1972. Filming concluded in June, 1972. The movie was shot in parts of Pasadena, Orange, and Los Angeles, California.
- The Thing With Two Heads was released on Blu-ray by Olive Films on June 23rd, 2015.
- Actress Kathrine Baumann is credited as Kathy Baumann in this film.
- Special makeup effects artist Rick Baker plays the role of the gorilla in this film. He will go on to play an even bigger simian role when dons the furry suit of Kong in the 1976 version of King Kong.
Recommendations[]
- Incredible Two-Headed Transplant, The
- Malignant
- Man With Two Heads, The
- Stuck on You
External Links[]
- The Thing With Two Heads at AMG
- The Thing With Two Heads at IMDB
- The Thing With Two Heads at Wikipedia
- The Thing With Two Heads at Letterboxd.com
- The Thing With Two Heads at Themoviedb.org
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