Hands of a Stranger

Hands of a Stranger
Directed by	Newt Arnold
Produced by	Newt Arnold (producer) Michael Du Pong (producer)
Written by	Newt Arnold (writer) Maurice Renard (novel "Les Mains d'Orlac")
Starring	See below
Music by	Richard LaSalle
Cinematography	Henry Cronjager Jr.
Distributed by	Allied Artists Pictures
Release dates	April 22, 1962 (1962-04-22) (United States)
Running time	85 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Hands of a Stranger is a 1962 American horror film directed by Newt Arnold.

Plot summary

When a pianist's hands are destroyed in a traffic accident he receives a double transplant from a murder victim. Much to the bewilderment of the pianist, these new hands have a mind of their own decide to take control and gain vengeance for their past owner's death and are forcing him to commit evil acts.^[1]

Cast

Paul Lukather as Dr. Gil Harding
Joan Harvey as Dina Paris
James Stapleton as Vernon Paris
Ted Otis as Dr. Ross Compton
Michael Rye as George Britton
Laurence Haddon as Lt. Syms
Elaine Martone as Eileen Hunter
George Sawaya as Tony Wilder, the cab driver
Michael Du Pont as Dr. Ken Fry
Sally Kellerman as Sue
David Kramer as Carnival Barker
Irish McCalla as Holly
Barry Gordon as "Skeet" Wilder

External links

Hands of a Stranger at the Internet Movie Database
Hands of a Stranger is available for free download at the Internet Archive

References

↑ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056056/

Organ transplantation in fiction

Novels and short stories	Les Mains d'Orlac (1920) A Gift from Earth (1968) Coma (1977) Pegasus in Flight (1990) Flatlander (1995) My Sister's Keeper (2004) Never Let Me Go (2005) Unwind (2007)

Films	The Hands of Orlac (1924) Frankenstein (1931) Mad Love (1935) The Hands of Orlac (1960) Hands of a Stranger (1962) Night of the Bloody Apes (1969) The Amazing Transplant (1970) Percy (1971) The Incredible 2-Headed Transplant (1971) The Resurrection of Zachary Wheeler (1971) The Thing with Two Heads (1972) Coma (1978) Parts: The Clonus Horror (1979) Fleisch (1979) The Man with Two Brains (1983) Body Parts (1991) The Eye (2002) Dirty Pretty Things (2002) 21 Grams (2003) The Island (2005) Turistas (2006) Awake (2007) Seven Pounds (2008) My Sister's Keeper (2009) Never Let Me Go (2010) The Harvest (2013) Pound of Flesh (2015)

Television	Spock's Brain (1968) The Brain of Morbius (1976) Appointment on Route 17 (1988) Phage (1995) Three Rivers (2009-2010) Coma (2012) iZombie (2015)

Music	"Gary Gilmore's Eyes" (1977)

Concepts	Organ trade Organlegging Brain transplantation Body horror

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