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The Hands of Orlac
The Hands of Orlac
	British original poster
Directed by	Edmond T. Gréville
Written by	Edmond T. Gréville; Donald Taylor; John V. Baines
Based on	Hands of Orlac; by Maurice Renard
Produced by	Steven Pallos; Donald Taylor
Starring	Mel Ferrer; Dany Carrel; Lucile Saint-Simon; Christopher Lee; Felix Aylmer; Mireille Perrey
Cinematography	Desmond Dickinson
Edited by	Oswald Hafenrichter
Music by	Claude Bolling
Distributed by	Brittania Films (UK); Continental Films (US)
Release dates	December 1960 (UK); 13 May 1964 (U.S.);
Running time	95 minutes
Countries	France; United Kingdom

The Hands of Orlac (a.k.a. Hands of the Strangler) is a 1960 British-French horror film directed by Edmond T. Gréville, starring Mel Ferrer, Christopher Lee, and Dany Carrel,^[1] and based on the novel Les Mains d'Orlac by Maurice Renard.

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The film was shot in both French and English versions.^[2]

Derek Winnert found it "intriguing and partly enjoyable if sometimes strained and lethargic".^[3]

^ BFI.org
^ John Hamilton, The British Independent Horror Film 1951-70 Hemlock Books 2013 p 91-96
^ "The Hands of Orlac *** (1960, Mel Ferrer, Dany Carrel, Christopher Lee, Donald Wolfit, Felix Aylmer, Basil Sydney, Donald Pleasence) – Classic Movie Review 3110". 29 November 2015.