The Body Snatcher( 1945)

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GRAVES RAIDED! COFFINS ROBBED! CORPSES CARVED! MIDNIGHT MURDER! BODY BLACKMAIL! STALKING GHOULS! Mad Thrills of Terror And Macabre Mystery... –and don't blame us if you stay awake all night!

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.

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Boris Karloff
John Gray
Bela Lugosi
Joseph
Henry Daniell
Dr. Wolfe 'Toddy' MacFarlane
Edith Atwater
Meg Camden
Russell Wade
Donald Fettes
Rita Corday
Mrs. Marsh
Sharyn Moffett
Georgina Marsh
Donna Lee
Street Singer
Ted Billings
Townsman (uncredited)
Bobby Burns
Mourner (uncredited)
Robert Clarke
Richardson - Medical Student (uncredited)
Aina Constant
Maidservant (uncredited)
Mary Gordon
Mary McBride (uncredited)
Bobby Hale
Townsman (uncredited)
Carl Kent
Gilchrist - Medical Student (uncredited)
Milton Kibbee
Dan (uncredited)
Ethan Laidlaw
Pub Patron (uncredited)
Kermit Maynard
Townsman (uncredited)
Jim Moran
Angus - Horse Trader (uncredited)
Jack Welch
Boy (uncredited)
Larry Wheat
Salesman (uncredited)
Blackie Whiteford
Townsman (uncredited)
Bill Williams
Survis - Medical Student (uncredited)

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A review by John Chard

Written by John Chard on Thu Aug 28 2014

Grave robbing is one thing, but murder is quite another. Dr. MacFarlane and John Gray share a murky past, but just what is this hold that the lurching Gray has over the eminent Doctor?. Based on a Robert Louis Stevenson short story, The Body Snatcher contains tight direction from Mr Versatile, Robert Wise - all the classy Gothicism one comes to expect from producer Val Lewton - and a stunningly effective performance from Boris Karloff. The piece neatly puts itself out as a kind of sequel to the infamous story of Burke & Hare, where here our main protagonists are clouded over by a link to the...