The Man in Half-Moon Street (1944)
A scientist discovers that he can live forever by receiving gland transplants every ten years. Unfortunately, the unwilling donors must be killed for him to survive, something that doesn't bother the scientist until he falls in love. The girl, innocent of his grisly secret, falls for him too. Unfortunately, he is due for a new transplant and the endocrinologist who has been doing the operation gets a guilty conscience and refuses to help him any more. Desperate to remain young, the scientist finds someone else. This time though, Scotland Yard gets wind and begins investigating. The girl finds out, and remains true to the scientist causing him to abandon his mad quest for eternal youth. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi
- Starring:
- Nils Asther, Helen Walker, (more)
- Director(s):
- Ralph Murphy
Synopsis of The Man in Half-Moon Street
A scientist discovers that he can live forever by receiving gland transplants every ten years. Unfortunately, the unwilling donors must be killed for him to survive, something that doesn't bother the scientist until he falls in love. The girl, innocent of his grisly secret, falls for him too. Unfortunately, he is due for a new transplant and the endocrinologist who has been doing the operation gets a guilty conscience and refuses to help him any more. Desperate to remain young, the scientist finds someone else. This time though, Scotland Yard gets wind and begins investigating. The girl finds out, and remains true to the scientist causing him to abandon his mad quest for eternal youth. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi
Complete Cast of The Man in Half-Moon Street
- Nils Asther - Julian Karell
- Reinhold Schünzel - Dr. Kurt Van Bruecken
- Edmund Breon - Sir Humphrey Brandon
- Matthew Boulton - Inspector Garth
- Aminta Dyne - Minerva Aldergate
- Edward Fielding - Col. Ashley
- Eustace Wyatt - Inspector Lawson
- Konstantin Shayne - Dr. Vishanoff
- Norman Ainsley - Butler
- Edward Cooper - Liveried Servant
- T. Arthur Hughes - Plainclothesman
- Robert Cory
- Bob Stevenson
- John Sheehan - Expressman
- Clive Morgan - Plainclothesman
- Frank S. Hagney
- Al Ferguson - Bobbies
- George Broughton - Morgue Official
- Arthur Blake - Man
- Helen Walker - Eve Brandon
- Paul Cavanagh - Dr. Henry Latimer
- Morton Lowry - Allen Guthrie
- Brandon Hurst - Simpson, Butler
- Arthur Mulliner - Sir John Aldergate
- Reginald Sheffield - Mr. Taper
- Forrester Harvey - Harris, a Cabby
- Ernie S. Adams - Porter
- Frank Baker
- Leyland Hodgson - Dr. Albertson
- John Power - Guard
- Bobby Hale - Deck Hand
- Gerald Oliver Smith - Clerk
- Cyril Ring - O'Hara
- Frank Moran - Skipper
- Donald Gallagher - Ticket Agent
- Harry Cording - 1st Bobby
- Wilson Benge - Official
- Director(s):
- Ralph Murphy
- Writer(s):
- Charles Kenyon, Garrett Elsden Fort, Albert Maltz
- Producer(s):
- Walter MacEwen
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