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The Body Snatcher is a 1945 American horror film directed by Robert Wise, based on the 1884 short story of the same name by Robert Louis Stevenson. Philip MacDonald adapted the story for the screen, and producer Val Lewton, credited as "Carlos Keith", modified MacDonald's screenplay.
A group of friends are having a few drinks when an eminent doctor, Wolfe Macfarlane, enters. One of the friends, Fettes, recognises the name and angrily confronts the new arrival. Although his friends find this behaviour suspicious, none of them can understand what might lie behind it.
The Body Snatcher: Directed by Robert Wise. With Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi, Henry Daniell, Edith Atwater. A ruthless doctor and his young prize student find themselves continually harassed by their murderous supplier of illegal cadavers.
A short summary of Robert Louis Stevenson's The Body Snatcher. This free synopsis covers all the crucial plot points of The Body Snatcher.
The Body Snatcher. Every night in the year, four of us sat in the small parlour of the George at Debenham - the undertaker, and the landlord, and Fettes, and myself. Sometimes there would be more; but blow high, blow low, come rain or snow or frost, we four would be each planted in his own particular arm-chair.
Dr. Toddy MacFarlane (Henry Daniell) needs cadavers for his medical experiments, ultimately intended to treat a young disabled girl. However, they are not easy to come by, so he enlists the help ...
In an Edinburgh graveyard in 1871, medical student Donald Fettes reassures a bereaved mother about the security of her little son's grave. Soon after, Mrs. Marsh arrives at the house of Dr. Toddy MacFarlane, seeking a cure for her paralyzed daughter Georgina. MacFarlane orders his student, Fettes, to examine the girl.
In 1831, in Edinburgh, the prominent doctor and professor Dr. Wolfe 'Toddy' MacFarlane buys corpses for his studies and classes of anatomy from the notorious cabman John Gray, who is also a body snatcher.
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. Remove Ads. Cast.
The Body Snatcher. Boris Karloff stars as a cabman who steals recently deceased bodies to a ssist in medical experiments. Co-starring Bela Lugosi ("Dracula"). 358 IMDb 7.3 1 h 18 min 1945. X-Ray 18+. Horror · Suspense · Atmospheric · Downbeat. Available to rent or buy. Rent movie. SD $3.99 $3.79. Buy. SD $10.49.
