The Thing with Two Heads

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The Thing with Two Heads
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Directed by	Lee Frost
Produced by	Wes Bishop Jonathan Lawrence
Written by	Lee Frost Wes Bishop James Gordon White
Starring	Ray Milland Roosevelt Grier Don Marshall Jane Kellem Rod Steele
Music by	Robert O. Ragland
Cinematography	Jack Steely
Editing by	Edward J. Forsyth
Release date(s)	1972
Running time	90 min.
Country	United States
Language	English
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The Thing with Two Heads is a 1972 film, starring Rosey Grier and Ray Milland, directed by Lee Frost, and written by Wes Bishop. Frost and Bishop also had parts in the movie. The movie is in the 2004 documentary, The 50 Worst Movies Ever Made.

In the movie, Milland plays Dr. Maxwell Kirshner, a dying, wealthy racist who demands that his head be transplanted onto a healthy body. As his health rapidly deteriorates, there remains only one alternative: graft Kirshner's onto the body of a black death row inmate, Jack Moss, played by Grier. Things will never be the same for Kirshner...

[edit] Trivia

A young Rick Baker plays a gorilla in the movie.
This movie is referenced in Elvira: Mistress of the Dark.
This movie was parodied in the The Simpsons Halloween episode, Treehouse of Horror II, in which Mr. Burns' head is grafted onto Homer's body.
Michael Viner, the head of MGM's soundtrack division, recorded the track Bongo Rock for a chase scene in the movie. When sampled by Kool Herc four years later, it became one of the most important tracks in the foundation of breakbeats and hip hop.
Episode #402 of Mystery Science Theater had Joel Robinson putting Crow's head on Tom Servo's body - Crow immediately shouted, "I call Ray Milland!", causing Tom to grumble, "That makes me Rosey Grier", as Crow teased him about Grier's effeminate hobbies.
A song from the Aquabats CD Fury of the Aquabats is called the "Cat With Two Heads".