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An old, dying satanist arranges to transfer his soul into the body of a young concert pianist.An old, dying satanist arranges to transfer his soul into the body of a young concert pianist.An old, dying satanist arranges to transfer his soul into the body of a young concert pianist.
- Awards
- 1 nomination
Bradford Dillman
- Bill Delancey
- (as Brad Dillman)
Curd Jürgens
- Duncan Ely
- (as Curt Jurgens)
Berry Kroeger
- Raymont
- (as Barry Kroeger)
Terrence Scammell
- Richard
- (as Terence Scammell)
Leon Alton
- Pallbearer
- (uncredited)
Antoinette Bower
- Member of Ely's Group
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
- All cast & crew
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Did you know
- TriviaHas the singular distinction of being the only theatrical film produced by Twentieth Century-Fox during the entire calendar year of 1970, this due to financial reversals incurred by the studio when several of its recent films failed at the box office.
- GoofsAt various points during the film, the demonic potion bottle varies between a clear glass bottle partially filled with blue liquid and a blue glass bottle in which the liquid cannot be seen.
- Quotes
Duncan Ely: People should be born at the age of 70 and live their life backwards.
- Alternate versionsAn alternate cut of The Mephisto Waltz ran on the Flix network in the early-mid 2000s. This version includes two memorable differences: a much longer floor shot close up of the Doberman's head wearing the Halloween mask, and a shot of Satan's hooves when he visits Paula Clarkson (Jacqueline Bisset) during her Satanic ritual.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Cinemacabre TV Trailers (1993)
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Very strongly reminiscent of Rosemary's Baby in substance and style, and why not? When did Hollywood not endear itself to cash-ins of other popular films? Jackie Bissett got to do two of them - this one and The Deep.
She's great in both. Everyone else is very good, but for Alan Alda, who is merely adequate. Funny, even Bradford Dillman is better here, but then Alda wasn't yet into his stride. This almost reeks of TV movie entrapments, it's a Quinn Martin production, but manages to overcome most of them with a fairly literate denouement.
There's the momentary lapse into trite dialog, and silliness, as exhibited by a trip to Mexico where entry into Mexico is announced by a painted billboard on a two-lane highway running past a park with water sprinklers going and with no border guards nor line of cars. Believe me, I went to Mexico in 1971 both from San Diego and inland Calexico, and there was no such sweetheart road of entry.
Well, watch it and you'll see what I mean. It's worth a view just for the great opening credits.
She's great in both. Everyone else is very good, but for Alan Alda, who is merely adequate. Funny, even Bradford Dillman is better here, but then Alda wasn't yet into his stride. This almost reeks of TV movie entrapments, it's a Quinn Martin production, but manages to overcome most of them with a fairly literate denouement.
There's the momentary lapse into trite dialog, and silliness, as exhibited by a trip to Mexico where entry into Mexico is announced by a painted billboard on a two-lane highway running past a park with water sprinklers going and with no border guards nor line of cars. Believe me, I went to Mexico in 1971 both from San Diego and inland Calexico, and there was no such sweetheart road of entry.
Well, watch it and you'll see what I mean. It's worth a view just for the great opening credits.
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- Also known as
- Satan's Transplant
- Filming locations
- Avenue of the Stars, Century City, Los Angeles, California, USA(Paula Clarkson walking over bridge in Century City)
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- Runtime1 hour 55 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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