A scientist is persuaded by the government to inject himself with the brain fluid of a dying colleague in order to preserve missile-defense secrets. However, he finds that he is now torn between his own wife and that of his dead colleague, who was a Nazi sympathizer.
Acting
McCallum's subtle unraveling of two souls.
Direction
Sagal's claustrophobic framing amplifies paranoia.
Writing
Curt Siodmak's twisted body-horror premise.
Director
Boris Sagal
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Curt Siodmak wrote the 1968 novel and this adaptation, obsessed with memory transfer after fleeing Nazi Germany.
This ABC Movie of the Week arrived as psychedelic paranoia met government distrust—perfect 1970 cocktail.
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