Heart transplant surgery in the current 21st century as I am writing this review, has been done fifty thousand times across the whole world. But in the late 30's, the concept was at an experimental stage and no one would dare perform it at the cost of risking the life of the patient. To note, the first human heart transplant that had been carried out by the South African surgeon, Christiaan ('Chris') Barnard at Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town on December 3rd, 1967.
In this movie, veteran actor Borris Karloff plays the role of Dr Savaard, a scientist who had devised an artificial heart to replace the original. He wants to test this artificial heart on a volunteer Bob Roberts who is a young medical student. However things get complicated when Bob's fiancée, Ms. Crawford, fearing the experiment will fail, rushes to the police department. Savaard is subsequently arrested before he can finish his experiment.
Verdict: excellent script and acting by the legendary Borris Karloff. The film will captivate you start to finish. The background music is more than adequate and photography and direction is excellent. In closing, I would recommend another heart transplant movie called Threshold 1981 directed by Richard Pearce and starring the excellent duo of Donald Sutherland and Jeff Goldblum.
In this movie, veteran actor Borris Karloff plays the role of Dr Savaard, a scientist who had devised an artificial heart to replace the original. He wants to test this artificial heart on a volunteer Bob Roberts who is a young medical student. However things get complicated when Bob's fiancée, Ms. Crawford, fearing the experiment will fail, rushes to the police department. Savaard is subsequently arrested before he can finish his experiment.
Verdict: excellent script and acting by the legendary Borris Karloff. The film will captivate you start to finish. The background music is more than adequate and photography and direction is excellent. In closing, I would recommend another heart transplant movie called Threshold 1981 directed by Richard Pearce and starring the excellent duo of Donald Sutherland and Jeff Goldblum.