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The Body Snatcher (1945)
Director: Robert Wise
Movie review
From Time Out Film Guide
Not one of the really top-notch Val Lewton productions: unlike Jacques Tourneur, Wise could never control Lewton's tendency to stuff every scene to the hilt with bookish period detail and fusty dialogue. But this adaptation of the old Burke and Hare business (based on a Robert Louis Stevenson story) is still great entertainment, with Karloff, Lugosi and Daniell (Hollywood's greatest sourpuss) leaving no dead body unturned in 19th century Edinburgh. Lewton's Edinburgh is predictably full of cobbles, clip-clopping horses, street singers and other atmospheric bric-à-brac - all very nice, but they do slow proceedings down. However, the film accelerates to great effect towards the end.Author: GB
Cast & crew
Director: Robert Wise
Producer: Val Lewton
Cast: Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi, Henry Daniell, Edith Atwater, Russell Wade, Rita Corday, Sharyn Moffett, Donna Lee full cast
Genre(s): Horror
Duration: 78 mins
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