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The Body Snatcher (1945)

NR 1945-05-25 (US) Horror, Thriller 1h 18m

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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!

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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
Val Lewton

Screenplay
Philip MacDonald

Screenplay

Huvudrollsinnehavare

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)
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Skriven av John Chard den 28 augusti 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... läs resten.

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