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The Body Snatcher (1945)
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A ruthless doctor and his young prize student find themselves continually harassed by their murderous supplier of illegal cadavers. Director:Robert WiseWriters:Robert Louis Stevenson (short story), Philip MacDonald (written for the screen by), and 1 more credit » |
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Georgina Marsh
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In Edinburgh in 1831, Dr. Wolfe MacFarlane runs a medical school where Donald Fettes is a student. Fettes is interested in helping a young girl who has lost the use of her legs. He is certain that MacFarlane's surgical skills could be put to great use but he is reluctant to do so. The good Dr. MacFarlane has a secret that soon becomes all too obvious to young Fettes, who has only recently been promoted as his assistant: he has been paying a local cabbie, John Gray, to supply him with dead bodies for anatomical research. Gray constantly harasses MacFarlane and clearly has a hold over him dating to a famous trial many years before where Gray refused to identify the man for whom he was robbing graves. Fettes isn't aware of any of this but soon realizes exactly how Gray obtains the bodies they use in their anatomy classes. Written by garykmcd
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Foul Traffic in Dead Bodies. See more »Parents Guide:
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Robert Louis Stevenson's 'The Body Snatcher' See more »Company Credits
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Cabman John Gray: You've made a disease of me, eh, Toddy?
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("Elegiac Lines on the Tragical Murder of Poor Daft Jamie")
Scottish folk song (1829)
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Although based on a fictional short story by Robert Louis Stevenson, the author came up with the idea from actual events occurring in 19th century England and Scotland, particularly those of grave robbers Burke and Hare. See more »Goofs
Continuity: When Gray kills Joseph, the latter's right arm is stretched out from his shoulder at a 90 degree angle and Gray reaches over to shoo away his cat who begins to nuzzle Joseph's right hand. In the next shot, the right arm of the dead Joseph has suddenly moved to a position where it lies parallel to his body. See more »Quotes
Dr. Wolfe 'Toddy' MacFarlane: Gray, I must be rid of you. You've become a cancer, a malignant evil cancer rotting my mind.Cabman John Gray: You've made a disease of me, eh, Toddy?
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"Poor Daft Jamie"("Elegiac Lines on the Tragical Murder of Poor Daft Jamie")
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