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The Flesh and the Fiends

Coffins Looted! Cadavers Dissected!

1960 · NR · 1h 34m

Directed by John Gilling

6.6

TMDB audience score
61 votes, out of 10

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Edinburgh surgeon Dr. Robert Knox requires cadavers for his research into the functioning of the human body; local ne'er-do-wells Burke and Hare find ways to provide him with fresh specimens...

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Cast

  • Peter Cushing
    Dr. Robert Knox

  • Donald Pleasence
    William Hare

  • George Rose
    William Burke

  • June Laverick
    Martha Knox

  • Renée Houston
    Helen Burke

  • Dermot Walsh
    Dr. Geoffrey Mitchell

  • Billie Whitelaw
    Mary Patterson

  • John Cairney
    Chris Jackson

  • Melvyn Hayes
    Daft Jamie

  • June Powell
    Maggie O'Hara

  • Andrew Faulds
    Inspector McCulloch

  • Philip Leaver
    Dr. Elliot

  • George Woodbridge
    Dr. Ferguson

  • Garard Green
    Dr. Andrews

  • Esma Cannon
    Aggie

  • George Bishop
    Blind Man

  • Beckett Bould
    Old Angus

  • George Street
    Publican