Seconds (1966)

196644mdir. John FrankenheimerUnited Statesscience fiction filmdrama film

Note: this print runs 44 minutes against a recorded 106 minutes. It is the best copy we have found; we keep looking for a complete print.

With Rock Hudson, Salome Jens, John Randolph, Will Geer, Richard Anderson, Jeff Corey, Murray Hamilton, Karl Swenson

Directed by John Frankenheimer

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Seconds is a 1966 American neo-noir science-fiction psychological horror film directed by John Frankenheimer and starring Rock Hudson, Salome Jens, and Will Geer. The screenplay by Lewis John Carlino is based on the 1963 novel by David Ely. Set in New York City and Malibu, California, the film tells the story of a middle-aged New York banker who, disillusioned with his life, is contacted by an agency known as "The Company" which specializes in providing "rebirths" under new identities and appearances altered by plastic surgery.

Synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA. Streaming from YouTube.

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