Armand Assante
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Hands of a Stranger: Directed by Newt Arnold. With Paul Lukather, Joan Harvey, James Noah, Ted Otis. A concert pianist loses his hands in a car crash, but a surgeon gives him new ones. The experimental medical procedure goes awry when the new hands drive the pianist mad.
When the hands of pianist Vernon Paris are destroyed in a taxicab accident, he receives a double hand transplant from a recent murder victim. Although lead surgeon Dr. Harding declares the operation a success, Vernon is visibly distressed and seems unable to accept his new hands.
Hands of a Stranger (1962) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
Watch Hands of a Stranger with a subscription on Prime Video. A surgeon (Paul Lukather) transplants a murdered man's hands to a concert pianist (James Stapleton) and the hands begin to drive him...
- Horror
A surgeon must graft new hands on a concert pianist to replace his badly mangled ones. However, after the operation, the pianist comes to believe that his new hands have a mind of their own, and are trying to force him to commit evil acts.
A famed concert pianist loses his hands in a car crash, but a brilliant surgeon gives him new ones.
Based on the 1920 novel Les Mains d'Orlac by French writer Maurice Renard, Hands of a Stranger (1962) is probably the most obscure movie adaptation of this famous horror tale which has been filmed numerous times before and since.
