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The Body Snatcher (1945)

The Body Snatcher (1945)

Thriller Horror

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!

Release Date: 1945, May 25
Directors: Robert Wise
Countries: United States of America
Production: RKO Radio Pictures
Cast: Mary Gordon, Carl Kent, Milton Kibbee, Larry Wheat, Henry Daniell, Robert Clarke, Ethan Laidlaw, Blackie Whiteford, Bela Lugosi, Ted Billings, Bill Williams, Donna Lee

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.

Keywords:

murder blackmail black and white medical research edinburgh, scotland grave robber body snatcher medical student body snatching dissection medical ethics cadaver medical education medical profession burking child in distress