The Gland Stealers

An elderly man becomes obsessed with a sensational theory that gland grafting can restore youth and volunteers for an experimental operation using a captured gorilla. Buoyed by early success, he pursues an old romance and organizes a band of aged companions to travel abroad, seize more apes, and harvest glands for widespread rejuvenation. Their expedition mixes comic misadventure and jungle peril, medical tinkering and social farce, as logistical problems and human expectations complicate the plan. The resulting transformations and disappointments prompt ironic observations about the desire for youth, scientific ambition, and the unpredictability of tampering with nature.