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The Body Snatcher

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!

1945 · NR · 1h 18m

Directed by Robert Wise

7.0

TMDB audience score
209 votes, out of 10

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Synopsis

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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Cast

  • 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)