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!
Rating: 7.0 out of 10TMDB(207 votes)
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.
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Box office
Made on a $125K budget
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Based on
Based on The Body Snatcher
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Setting
Set in Edinburgh
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Music
Music by Roy Webb
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Robert De Grasse
Details
- Director
- Writers
- Val LewtonScreenplay
- Philip MacDonaldScreenplay
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- May 25, 1945
- Original language
- English
- Budget
- $125K
- Countries
- United States of America
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Cast
Boris KarloffJohn Gray
Bela LugosiJoseph
Henry DaniellDr. Wolfe 'Toddy' MacFarlane
Edith AtwaterMeg Camden
Russell WadeDonald Fettes
Rita CordayMrs. Marsh
Sharyn MoffettGeorgina Marsh
Donna LeeStreet Singer
Ted BillingsTownsman (uncredited)
Bobby BurnsMourner (uncredited)
Robert ClarkeRichardson - Medical Student (uncredited)- Aina ConstantMaidservant (uncredited)
Mary GordonMary McBride (uncredited)- Bobby HaleTownsman (uncredited)
Carl KentGilchrist - Medical Student (uncredited)
Milton KibbeeDan (uncredited)
Ethan LaidlawPub Patron (uncredited)
Kermit MaynardTownsman (uncredited)- Jim MoranAngus - Horse Trader (uncredited)
- Jack WelchBoy (uncredited)
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