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The Body Snatcher is a 1945 American horror film directed by Robert Wise, based on the 1884 short story of the same name by Robert Louis Stevenson. Philip MacDonald adapted the story for the screen, and producer Val Lewton, credited as "Carlos Keith", modified MacDonald's screenplay.
The Body Snatcher: Directed by Robert Wise. With Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi, Henry Daniell, Edith Atwater. A ruthless doctor and his young prize student find themselves continually harassed by their murderous supplier of illegal cadavers.
A group of friends are having a few drinks when an eminent doctor, Wolfe Macfarlane, enters. One of the friends, Fettes, recognises the name and angrily confronts the new arrival. Although his friends find this behaviour suspicious, none of them can understand what might lie behind it.
A short summary of Robert Louis Stevenson's The Body Snatcher. This free synopsis covers all the crucial plot points of The Body Snatcher.
The Body Snatcher, despite the lurid ad campaign, is a literate and atmospheric shocker, based on a Robert Louis Stevenson short story, that marked the first of three collaborations between horror star Boris Karloff and producer Lewton (The other two films were Bedlam and Isle of the Dead).
The Body Snatcher, a 1945 horror film directed by Robert Wise, offers a chilling, golden-era production of Robert Louis Stevenson's novel. Starring the iconic duo of Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi...
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In 1831, in Edinburgh, the prominent doctor and professor Dr. Wolfe 'Toddy' MacFarlane buys corpses for his studies and classes of anatomy from the notorious cabman John Gray, who is also a body snatcher.
The Body Snatcher. 1945 · 1 hr 19 min. TV-PG. Horror · Thriller. When an Edinburgh scientist runs out of fresh corpses to conduct his humanitarian research, he directs his grave-robbing henchman to produce his own. Subtitles: English. Starring: Boris Karloff Bela Lugosi Henry Daniell Edith Atwater Russell Wade. Directed by: Robert Wise.
Aug 28, 2014 · Edinburgh, 1831. Among those who undertake the illegal trade of grave robbery is Gray, ostensibly a cab driver. Formerly a medical student convicted of grave robbery, Gray holds a grudge against Dr. MacFarlane who had escaped detection and punishment.
Set in 1831 and filmed towards the end of the second war, The Body Snatcher tells of a young doctor that unknowingly initiates a series of gruesome events in an attempt to heal a young wheelchair bound girl.
