The Man Who Could Cheat Death (1959) - Newspaper Ad

Oakland Tribune - August 21, 1959

Sandwiched between a Tarzan adventure (his greatest, it seems) and a Civil War period western sits The Man Who Could Cheat Death, a lesser known Hammer Film offering.

While it does not have the vibrancy of, say, The Curse of Frankenstein or Horror of Dracula, The Man Who Could Cheat Death nonetheless delivers an engaging story and is well worth seeking out.

Tarzan's Greatest Adventure was directed by John Guillerman, who I know as the director of The Towering Inferno (1974), King Kong (1976), King Kong Lives (1986), and Death on the Nile (1978). Future screen icon Sean Connery also appears in the film, as does character actor Niall MacGinnis, who I best remember from Curse of the Demon (1957), Jason and the Argonauts (1963), and Island of Terror (1966). I really need to seek this one out.

Edward Bernds helmed Quantrill's Raiders. Although Bernds might be best known for his work directing The Three Stooges short subjects, feature films, and television episodes, I know him best for directing Return of the Fly (1959). Bernds also directed a few science-fiction offerings that I have yet to get around to watching: World Without End (1956), Space Master X-7 (1958), and Queen of Outer Space (1958).