Top billed cast

1. 

   Boris Karloff

   John Gray

2. 

   Bela Lugosi

   Joseph

3. 

   Henry Daniell

   Dr. Wolfe 'Toddy' MacFarlane

4. 

   Edith Atwater

   Meg Camden

5. 

   Russell Wade

   Donald Fettes

6. 

   Rita Corday

   Mrs. Marsh

7. 

   Sharyn Moffett

   Georgina Marsh

8. 

   Donna Lee

   Street Singer

9. 

   Ted Billings

   Townsman (uncredited)

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Reviews

A review by John Chard

Written by John Chard on 2014-08-28

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 th...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$125,000.00

Revenue
$0.00

Keywords

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