Two men go into business supplying medical colleges with cadavers by robbing graves.
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Title: Burke & Hare (1972)
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Paterson
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Two men go into business supplying medical colleges with cadavers by robbing graves.
Taglines:
The pimps and the prostitutes and the body-snatchers. The brothels and dens of iniquity.Genres:
HorrorParents Guide:
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Country:
UKLanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
3 February 1972 (UK) See more »Also Known As:
The Bodysnatchers See more »Filming Locations:
Twickenham Film Studios, St Margarets, Twickenham, Middlesex, England, UKCompany Credits
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Sound Mix:
Mono (RCA Sound System)Color:
ColorAspect Ratio:
1.66 : 1
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Music by Roger Webb
Lyrics by Norman Newell
Sung by The Scaffold
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When "Daft Jamie" is being shown at the medical school, in the close up of his foot, his toe's move. See more »Soundtracks
Burke and HareMusic by Roger Webb
Lyrics by Norman Newell
Sung by The Scaffold
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Two men go into business supplying medical colleges with cadavers by robbing graves.
What you might recall about this film more than anything else is its theme song, which is certainly rather fun and moving. Bringing this tale to life is important and a great addition to horror cinema. Sure, it had been done before as "The Body Snatcher" and "The Flesh and the Fiends"... but it is my understanding that this was the first to be so explicit in the title.
The film also asks another question, perhaps philosophical or ethical: do dead bodies have value? Certainly murder is a terrible crime, but what of people who died naturally? Certainly their owners do longer need them -- why not be taken for medical science? (We now have donor cards and the like, but indeed, how were surgeons to learn their craft without practice?)