Doctor Without Scruples (1959)
- Original title
- Arzt ohne Gewissen
- Directed by
- Falk Harnack
- Genre
- horror film
- Country
- Germany
- Runtime
- 1h 35m
- Rated
- 18
- Rating
- 9.0 of 10 from 1 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A mad doctor hunts for the final missing piece to perform a heart transplant. He stops at nothing to achieve his goal.
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What happens
Doctor Without Scruples (German: Arzt ohne Gewissen, lit. 'Doctor without Conscience') is a 1959 West German horror film directed by Falk Harnack. The film revolves around a mad doctor searching for the last secret to heart transplantation. It premiered on September 4, 1959 at the Ufa-Palast in Cologne. It received its North American premiere in Toronto, Canada on January 10, 1963. Two reviews at the North American premiere were lukewarm towards the film on a whole, but found the acting far above average. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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