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The Doctor's Horrible Experiment
Release Date: January 01, 1959
Year | : | 1959 |
Slogan | : | «» |
Genres | : | Drama, Horror, TV Movie |
Production Companies | : | Compagnie Jean Renoir, Office de Radiodiffusion Télévision Française |
Director | : | Jean Renoir |
Producers | : | Jean Renoir |
Writers | : | Jean Renoir, Robert Louis Stevenson |
RunTime | : | 95 mins. |
Dr. Cordelier, living in a suburb of Paris, withdraws from society to pursue research into the functioning of the human brain. His lifelong friend, Maître Joly, becomes concerned when Cordelier draws up a will that bequeaths his entire estate to a stranger, Monsieur Opale; he cannot understand why Cordelier defends him, considering Opale attacks women and children. After a colleague is killed, Joly confronts Cordelier and discovers the truth behind his friend's behavior.
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