The Hands of Orlac (1960)
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Directors
Edmond T. Gréville
Cast
Mel Ferrer, Christopher Lee, Dany Carrel, Lucile Saint-Simon
The story
The renowned pianist Stephen Orlac is injured in an aeroplane crash, and he believes his badly damaged hands have been replaced with those of a strangler.
Genres
Horror, crime film, horror film, science fiction film
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