Seconds (1966) Movie Overview

Seconds is a 1966 American film starring Rock Hudson. Characterized sometimes as a science fiction thriller, but with elements of horror, neo-noir, psychedelia, and drama, it was directed by John Frankenheimer with a screenplay by Lewis John Carlino. The script was based on a novel by David Ely. The film was released by Paramount Pictures and was entered into the 1966 Cannes Film Festival. Arthur Hamilton is a middle-aged man whose life has lost purpose. He is disengaged at his job as a banker, while the love with his wife has dwindled. Through a friend whom he thought had died years earlier, Hamilton is approached by a secret organization, known simply as the “Company,” which offers wealthy people a second chance at life. The Company, in the person of Mr. Ruby, interviews Hamilton, then shows him a film of him attacking a girl after he’d unknowingly consumed drugged food & drink offered him by the Company. They threaten to blackmail Hamilton forcing him to sign on, foreshadowing the unfortunate consequences of accepting the Company’s assistance. Hamilton’s death is staged to make it look as if he perished in a hotel fire with a corpse left disguised as him. Through extensive p… Source

• Seconds Movie Details
• Director: John Frankenheimer
• Tagline: What Are Seconds?… The Answer May Be Too Terrifying For Words!
• Country: USA
• Run Time: 100 min | USA:107 min (re-release: 1996) | Australia:103 min
• Genre: Sci-Fi , Thriller , Mystery , Drama

• Cast Overview
• Rock Hudson as Antiochus 'Tony' Wilson
• Salome Jens as Nora Marcus
• John Randolph as Arthur Hamilton
• Will Geer as Old Man
• Jeff Corey as Mr. Ruby
• Richard Anderson as Dr. Innes

Seconds Movie Review from New York Times

Arthur Hamilton (John Randolph) is a listless Manhattan businessman who lives with his wife in the New York suburbs. One day, he runs into an old friend (Murray Hamilton) whom he thought had died. The friend leads him to The Company, a secretive operation run by The Old Man (Will Geer). The Company is a high-tech service which, for a price, provid… Source

Seconds Movie Details from Imdb

There is a very secret organization that offers wealthy people a second chance at life; the customer picks out someone they want to be and the organization surgically alters the customer to look like the intended person, stages the customer’s death, gets rid of the intended person and the customer has a new life. There’s only one thing they didn’t… Source

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