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Oct 4, 1985 · The Doctor and the Devils: Directed by Freddie Francis. With Timothy Dalton, Jonathan Pryce, Twiggy, Julian Sands. In Victorian England, two grave robbers supply a wealthy doctor with bodies to research anatomy on, but greed causes them to look for a more simple way to get the job done.
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- Crime, Drama, History
- Freddie Francis
- 1985-10-04
The Doctor and The Devils is a 1985 British gothic horror film directed by Freddie Francis and starring Timothy Dalton, Jonathan Pryce and Stephen Rea. [2] The script was adapted by Sir Ronald Harwood from an unproduced screenplay by Dylan Thomas. It was produced by Mel Brooks, through his production company Brooksfilms .
- $147,070
- John Morris
- 4 October 1985
- Jonathan Sanger
The Doctor and the Devils. It is impossible to discover, on the evidence of "The Doctor and the Devils," why anybody connected with this movie thought it should be made. It is unredeemed, dreary, boring, gloomy dreck unilluminated by even the slightest fugitive moment of inspiration or ambition. It's an utterly depressing movie, not just ...
Released in the autumn of 1985, The Doctor and the Devils never found its audience, perhaps considered too crass by the art house crowd and not crass enough by horror moviegoers whose tastes were then being altered by the onslaught of such franchise sequels as Friday the 13th: A New Beginning, A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge, and ...
- Freddie Francis
- David Bomber
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