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Rated 2.5/5 Stars • Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/28/24 Full Review Alec B The Body Snatcher, a 1945 horror film directed by Robert Wise, offers a chilling, golden-era production of Robert...
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Overview. Synopsis. Credits. Photos & Videos. Film Details. Articles & Reviews. Notes. Brief Synopsis. To continue his medical experiments, a doctor must buy corpses from a grave robber. Cast & Crew. Read More. Robert Wise. Director. Boris Karloff. John Gray. Bela Lugosi. Joseph. Henry Daniell. Dr. Toddy MacFarlane. Edith Atwater. Meg Cameron.
The 1945 film The Body Snatcher was loosely based on the short story. The film was produced by Val Lewton and directed by Robert Wise, and starred Boris Karloff, Henry Daniell and Bela Lugosi. [3] The movie The Flesh and the Fiends (1960) tells the story of Dr. Knox (Peter Cushing) and his association with Burke and Hare.
Synopsis. A gruesome tale of a reality of 19th Century medicine. Karloff portrays Mr. Gray, a dubious supplier of human cadavers for medical experimentation. When the task of digging up newly interred corpses becomes tedious and dangerous, Mr. Gray turns to other methods portending disaster. Contribute to this page.
Aug 28, 2014 · Overview. 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. Robert Wise. Director. Philip MacDonald. Screenplay. Val Lewton. Screenplay.
Details. Genres. Releases. Boris Karloff Bela Lugosi Henry Daniell Edith Atwater Russell Wade Rita Corday Sharyn Moffett Donna Lee Ted Billings Robert Clarke Mary Gordon Milton Kibbee Bill Williams Bobby Burns Aina Constant Carl Kent Ethan Laidlaw Jim Moran Larry Wheat. 78 mins More at IMDb TMDb. Sign in to log, rate or review. Share. Ratings.
Doctor MacFarlane (Henry Daniell) requires a steady flow of cadavers for his medical school and relies on local grave-robber John Gray (Karloff) to supply them, but it soon becomes clear that Gray is taking his job a little too far.
