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supposed to have committed. The police, including
Sergeant Hacker, escort Jack to the transplant center for this experiment they have been told about. The doctors are surprised to see a large African-American being brought before them for this experiment, knowing full well that when Kirshner wakes up, he is not going to like what he sees. However, the doctors work around the clock to transplant Kirshner's head onto Jack's body.
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Williams if he can remove Kirshner's head from his body. Jack takes over driving and accidentally crashes the car, resulting in a flat tire. Kirshner then tries to appeal to Williams by offering him the accolades he has received for performing a successful transplant. Williams refuses the offer, as it would mean the obligation to remove Jack's head.
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Kirshner successfully removes the second head of the creature, and tells
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Kirshner arrives at a mansion in a wheelchair; once inside, Kirshner asks if his experiment has been a success, and is told by an orderly that it has been. He is taken to the basement, where the experiment is in fact a two-headed gorilla that Dr. Kirshner has created. The experiment is to
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Kirshner returns to his hospital institute to oversee an operation performed by his friend and associate doctor, Phillip
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determine whether two heads can survive on a single body. Kirshner has done this because he has not much longer to live and wants to transplant his still living head from his lifeless body onto a donor so that he may continue living and continue working as the world's most successful surgeon.
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regains the power to move the body. Leaving Kirshner to rest, Desmond meets up with Dr. Williams again and tells him he needs his help. Williams is reluctant at first, but Desmond reassures him that his beliefs are not the same as Dr. Kirshner's and that his help is very much needed.
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awry when the creature is upset about the needle and knocks him out of his wheelchair, hurting him badly. The creature runs away and into a supermarket, chased by the assistants, where he is caught.
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