The Doctor and the Devils (1985)Grave robbers supply a doctor with bodies to test on. Director:Freddie Francis |
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The Doctor and the Devils (1985)Grave robbers supply a doctor with bodies to test on. Director:Freddie Francis |
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| Timothy Dalton | ... | ||
| Jonathan Pryce | ... | ||
| Twiggy | ... |
Jennie Bailey
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| Julian Sands | ... |
Dr. Murray
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| Stephen Rea | ... | ||
| Phyllis Logan | ... |
Elizabeth Rock
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Lewis Fiander | ... |
Dr. Thornton
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Beryl Reid | ... |
Mrs. Flynn
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| T.P. McKenna | ... |
O'Connor
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| Patrick Stewart | ... |
Prof. Macklin
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| Siân Phillips | ... |
Annabella Rock
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| Philip Davis | ... |
Billy Bedlam
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| Philip Jackson | ... |
Andrew Merry-Lees
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Danny Schiller | ... |
Praying Howard
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Bruce Green | ... |
Mole
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Grave robbers supply a doctor with bodies to test on.
As others have noted, this should have been an excellent Hammer-style film, and it seems to me that that's how most of the actors were instructed to play it... but the screenplay is so leaden, poorly paced, and filled with a lot of dull soliloquies (poor Timothy Dalton is saddled with most of them) that it's all too overblown and self-important. This is an uncharacteristically weak performance from Dalton, although he quietly nails the climactic scene where Dr. Rock finally realizes what he's done. The only actor who comes off really well is Patrick Stewart who is a most welcome sight. Freddie Francis may have been a great cinematographer, but he was a lousy director.