Jack Kelly plays a doctor who thinks he can cure all disease if he can get the human body to adapt to anything. Since insects seem to have the most power to adapt, Kelly explains his theory to a fellow doctor, played by Albert Dekker: "I used fruit flies. I putrefied the bodies, injected a cow, and produced the serum. After clarifying with albumin, operating in vacuum and rectifying with alcohol -"but Decker cuts him off with "Never mind the technique now." Thank you. Kelly has already experimented on several animals, and is now ready to test his serum on a human. Dekker isn't so thrilled with the idea, but when a terminal tuberculosis patient comes along, Dekker consents to have Kelly work his magic.
In short order, the patient, played by Mari Blanchard, gets well ... too well. She can't be harmed, can transform her hair color at will from black to blonde and back again, and turns into a first class b****. Yum. Kelly is smitten, while Dekker pretty much keeps stating the medical equivalent of "I think we effed this up."
Kelly and Dekker throw a coming out party for Blanchard, and one of the guests (John Archer) gets an eyeful of the dame. He hits on her while his wife watches. The wife calls Blanchard a trollop (or "ho," in modern parlance) and cracks her one across the cheek. Shortly thereafter, exit the wife. And shortly thereafter, Archer has a new wife. And shortly thereafter, Blanchard gets bored with Archer. And shortly thereafter - well, you know where this is heading.
Dekker finally figures out a way to anesthetize Blanchard; he uses the basic fact that no organism can exist in its own waste. (Don't worry; they are not going to back up the toilets.) Anyway, they are able to operate on Blanchard, and remove her pineal gland, which apparently has too much pineal stuff in it. Now her fate is left to a higher power (the film's producer).
Despite the overall silliness, the movie does present an interesting idea. This film was based on the short story "The Adaptive Ultimate," which is clever and took me all of ten minutes to read. There is also a 30-minute radio dramatization from 1949, available on the internet.
Blanchard seems to be having the time of her life. Every one of her entrances is announced by the same saxophone theme. She sashays all over the place in tight outfits and is sexy as all get out, whatever that means. Kelly acts stupid most of the time; however, I would imagine that's how most guys would act around Blanchard. Dekker gets a little irritating with his constant philosophizing and "we must do something" attitude as cast members are dropping like flies. Also, he wears a bad bowtie and his hairpiece is ridiculous. For fans of the "Addams Family" tv series, Kelly and Dekker's housekeeper is played by Blossom Rock, aka, "Grandmama."
In short order, the patient, played by Mari Blanchard, gets well ... too well. She can't be harmed, can transform her hair color at will from black to blonde and back again, and turns into a first class b****. Yum. Kelly is smitten, while Dekker pretty much keeps stating the medical equivalent of "I think we effed this up."
Kelly and Dekker throw a coming out party for Blanchard, and one of the guests (John Archer) gets an eyeful of the dame. He hits on her while his wife watches. The wife calls Blanchard a trollop (or "ho," in modern parlance) and cracks her one across the cheek. Shortly thereafter, exit the wife. And shortly thereafter, Archer has a new wife. And shortly thereafter, Blanchard gets bored with Archer. And shortly thereafter - well, you know where this is heading.
Dekker finally figures out a way to anesthetize Blanchard; he uses the basic fact that no organism can exist in its own waste. (Don't worry; they are not going to back up the toilets.) Anyway, they are able to operate on Blanchard, and remove her pineal gland, which apparently has too much pineal stuff in it. Now her fate is left to a higher power (the film's producer).
Despite the overall silliness, the movie does present an interesting idea. This film was based on the short story "The Adaptive Ultimate," which is clever and took me all of ten minutes to read. There is also a 30-minute radio dramatization from 1949, available on the internet.
Blanchard seems to be having the time of her life. Every one of her entrances is announced by the same saxophone theme. She sashays all over the place in tight outfits and is sexy as all get out, whatever that means. Kelly acts stupid most of the time; however, I would imagine that's how most guys would act around Blanchard. Dekker gets a little irritating with his constant philosophizing and "we must do something" attitude as cast members are dropping like flies. Also, he wears a bad bowtie and his hairpiece is ridiculous. For fans of the "Addams Family" tv series, Kelly and Dekker's housekeeper is played by Blossom Rock, aka, "Grandmama."