The Man in Half Moon Street (1944)
Directed by Ralph Murphy
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Synopsis by Sandra Brennan
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.
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artist, blood, death, doctor/nurse, experiment, immortality, killing, love, mad-scientist, maniac, murder, operation, painting, portrait, refusal, rejuvenation, ruthlessness, scientist, Scotland-Yard, student, support, train [locomotive], train-station, transplant, youth, con/scam, man, resort