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Burke & Hare (also known as Burke and Hare, The Horrors of Burke and Hare and The Body Snatchers) is a 1972 horror film directed by Vernon Sewell and starring Derren Nesbitt, Harry Andrews, and Glynn Edwards.
William Burke and William Hare killed sixteen people over ten months, scandalizing Scotland when it was discovered that they had sold the corpses to anatomist and ethnologist Robert Knox for dissection during his anatomy lectures.
Derren Nesbitt and Glynn Edwards play Burke & Hare. A despicable duo who decide to kill derelicts and street people and sell their fresh corpses to a local surgeon (The awesome Harry Andrews) for experimentation and demonstrations.
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- Kenneth Shipman Productions, Armitage
- Vernon Sewell
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- Dr. Knox; Hare; Mrs. Hare
- Vernon Sewell
- 1972
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Feb 3, 1972 · Burke & Hare (1972) Directed by Vernon Sewell Genres - Horror , Comedy | Sub-Genres - Docudrama , Period Film | Release Date - Feb 3, 1972 (USA - Unknown), Feb 3, 1972 (USA) | Run Time - 94 min. | Countries - United Kingdom | MPAA Rating - NR
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Burke & Hare, sometimes called Burke and Hare or The Horrors of Burke and Hare, is a 1972 horror film, directed by Vernon Sewell, and starring Derren Nesbitt, Harry Andrews, and Glynn Edwards.
Jul 17, 2012 · Product Description. When a man in their Edinburgh boarding house dies, poor Irish immigrants Burke (Derren Nesbitt) and Hare (Glynn Edwards) discover they can make good money by supplying corpses for scientific study to a doctor at the university medical school.
