The Body snatcher

United States, 1945

Film
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Atmospheric horror film based on a Robert Louis Stevenson short story. Set in Edinburgh of 1831, a gifted doctor who runs a medical school is haunted by a grave robber who supplied corpses to research scientists and once protected him from a prison term. Cast includes Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi and Henry Daniell.

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Credits

director

Robert Wise

producer

Val Lewton

production company

RKO Radio Pictures

Duration

01:18:00:00

Production places
United States
Production dates
1945

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

316013

Language

English

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Black and White

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

Wikidata

Q2520443

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