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>    
>    A few years ago I saw a movie on TV that had an unspeakably horrible
>    scene in it. I vowed that next time it was on I would record the
>    scene for future enjoyment. Here are a few fuzzy recollections about 
>    the movie:
>    
>    Title: Something similar to "Marathon Man," but must not actually be
>        Marathon Man, since I saw that movie recently and it didn't contain
>        the scene.
>    
>    Plot: A group of evil scientists try to piece together the ultimate
>        human machine from parts taken from athletes.
>    
>    Horrible Scene: A jogger is mugged while jogging in the park. He
>        awakes to find himself in a hospital bed. He throws off the
>        covers and finds one leg has been amputated. A nurse comes in and 
>        gives him some sedative or something, and the movie switches to 
>        some subplot scene, I believe.
>    	The scene then switches back to the man in the bed, as he
>        just awakes from the sedative. He throws off the covers to find
>        both his legs gone. A nurse gives him another sedative. The movie,
>        I believe, switches back to another sub-plot scene.
>    	The scene then again switches to the man in the bed, showing
>        at first just his face, which is wearing an expression of total
>        shock, disbelief, and crazed horror. As the camera backs away,
>        showing more and more of the man, it becomes visible that now both
>        the man's arms are missing as well.
>    
>    Does anyone know the name of the movie?
>    
>    As a side discussion to spawn, can anyone describe a scene in any movie
>    currently playing on the TV late-nite circuit that is more horrifying 
>    than this one?
>    
>    -----------------------------------------------------------------
>    Dave Kirby    ( ...!ihnp4!akgua!cylixd!dave)



It's a 1970 British film called "Scream and Scream Again",
starring Vincent Price, Peter Cushing, and Christopher Lee.
It was on a bit late, so I only saw a few scenes,
the first with the jogger collapsing, and waking up in the bed
and seeing his right leg gone.

	Hope this was helpful,

	Imre