# Another Old British SciFi Movie! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 29, 2012, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-old-british-scifi-movie/614352 "2012-02-29T16:04:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2012, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-old-british-scifi-movie/614352/1 "2012-02-29T16:04:11Z")
I have memories of seeing this-but it hasn’t been on TV for years. Here is what I remember: -a British millionaire finds out he is going to die (he has inoperable brain cancer) -his doctor tells him about a guy who is doing research -he goes to see the researcher (who has revived dead animals) -they decide to re-animate the body of Nostardamus I think the idea was to somehow transplant the dying millionaire’s brain into the body of the long-dead Frenchman Anyway-I never saw the end of it-did things work out? I remember it was a pretty low quality, typical 1950’s cheap scifi flick. Anybody know what this movie was called? ---
**Author:** ![Kal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9de053/32.png) [@Kal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kal)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2012, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-old-british-scifi-movie/614352/2 "2012-02-29T16:52:59Z")
[The Man Without a Body](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0050676/) ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2012, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-old-british-scifi-movie/614352/3 "2012-02-29T16:56:15Z")
Weird premise. I wonder how they thought a new body would solve the whole brain cancer thing? ---
**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2012, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-old-british-scifi-movie/614352/4 "2012-02-29T17:11:06Z")
> [@Kal](#): > > [The Man Without a Body](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0050676/) Thanks! What a movie-totally bizarre premise, cheap special effects, crazy ending! ---
**Author:** ![Alka\_Seltzer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c89c15/32.png) [@Alka\_Seltzer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alka_Seltzer)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2012, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-old-british-scifi-movie/614352/5 "2012-02-29T17:34:59Z")
> [@ralph124c](#): > > -they decide to re-animate the body of Nostardamus This is the point where I suddenly did a double-take. I’d go for someone a bit fresher myself. ---
**Author:** ![flano1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f14d63/32.png) [@flano1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flano1)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2012, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-old-british-scifi-movie/614352/6 "2012-03-01T04:08:10Z")
Gee! 48 minutes from OP to answer. Dopers must be having theirselves a go slow day! ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2012, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-old-british-scifi-movie/614352/7 "2012-03-01T23:30:21Z")
> [@ralph124c](#): > > -they decide to re-animate the body of Nostardamus Huh. I didn’t see _that_ coming.