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| The Man Who Could Cheat Death | 
 enlarge | Director: Terence Fisher
Actors: Anton Diffring, Hazel Court, Christopher Lee
Studio: Legend Films
Category: DVD
List Price: $14.95
Buy New: $8.18
You Save: $6.77 (45%)
New (31) Used (5) from $8.18
Avg. Customer Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 14546
Format: Color, Dvd-video, Ntsc, Widescreen
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: Unrated
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 82
Aspect Ratio: 1.77:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: LFIDLF00100D
UPC: 844503000101
EAN: 0844503000101
ASIN: B001D1KGZE
Theatrical Release Date: 1959
Release Date: October 1, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Product Description
Studio: Legend Films Inc. Release Date: 10/03/2008
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 Great old-fashioned storytelling December 17, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This Hammer Studios film is one of their lesser known but better films.
A remake of a 1940's era film "The Man in Half-Moon Street", this one has
a more sensationalized approach and benefits from the presence of Anton
Diffring in the title role. Christopher Lee is the "good" guy but this
great actor's aloofness may have you rooting for the title character
instead (no offense Chris; we're just used to seeing you in villianous
roles). Beautiful sets, gorgeous color, great actors including the late,
great Hazel Court and a breezy short running time make this a winner all
the way.
 Nice Hammer entry into eternal life December 12, 2008
I really enjoyed watching this film I did not know as a kid. It has no much action compared with other Hammer entries around this time (Horror of Dracula, Curse of Frankenstein). However, the film is really good at a more philosophical side as it deals with the positive and negative considerations of achieving eternal life. These two sides are illustrated by a partneship of two fellow scientists. On top of this you get the character played by the great Christopher Lee. This last aspect makes worth enough to get a copy of this DVD release. Except for the first 3 min or so, the digital transfer is pretty good. The film is close captioned in English and no extras are available except for a scene selection tool.
UPDATE/So where is it???!!!! October 9, 2008
3 out of 7 found this review helpful
I'm one of the countless fans of this movie, very pleased it's on DVD at last... but is it? And if it is, then WHERE is it? How come it's unavailable within 48 hours of its release? What's going on? Can someone, anyone, explain?
UPDATE!!! UPDATE!!!!
Here is the latest info, dated Thursday October 9th 2008... from the nice polite folks at Legend Films, who responded to my email immediately...
and there's some interesting info re. Best Buy...
"We did ship in Amazon's initial order of DVDs which went amazingly quickly. They placed their reorder on Monday and the shipment got into Amazon's warehouse last night. I believe if you go online now, you will see that it is available. The title is on full release now, which means as Amazon runs out of stock, they will place a reorder and it should never be more than a 3-4 day backorder for the title.
We do know that Best Buy has still made no efforts to correct issues with online ordering as well as shipping internationally, which is the precise reason we took back the title from them."
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