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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.
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.
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.
Jan 31, 2015 · The Body Snatcher is a moral tale of defective conscience, rooted in reality. A young woman's body was indeed recognised in Knox's dissecting room: Mary Patterson. Many like her, murdered victims, were disposed of there.
The Body Snatcher, a 1945 horror film directed by Robert Wise, offers a chilling, golden-era production of Robert Louis Stevenson's novel. Starring the iconic duo of Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi...
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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.
Aug 28, 2014 · 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 Body Snatcher. Boris Karloff stars as a cabman who steals recently deceased bodies to a ssist in medical experiments. Co-starring Bela Lugosi ("Dracula"). 370 IMDb 7.3 1 h 18 min 1945. 18+. Horror · Suspense · Atmospheric · Downbeat. Available to rent or buy. Rent. SD $3.79.
