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Burke & Hare

  • 19721972
  • RR
  • 1h 34m
IMDb RATING
5.3/10
490
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Burke & Hare (1972)
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  • Comedy
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Two men go into business supplying medical colleges with cadavers by robbing graves.Two men go into business supplying medical colleges with cadavers by robbing graves.Two men go into business supplying medical colleges with cadavers by robbing graves.
IMDb RATING
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  • Director
    • Vernon Sewell
  • Writer
    • Ernle Bradford(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Paul Luty
    • Roy Macready
    • Derren Nesbitt
Top credits
  • Director
    • Vernon Sewell
  • Writer
    • Ernle Bradford(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Paul Luty
    • Roy Macready
    • Derren Nesbitt
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 14User reviews
    • 25Critic reviews
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    Burke & Hare (1972)
    Françoise Pascal in Burke & Hare (1972)
    Françoise Pascal in Burke & Hare (1972)
    Derren Nesbitt and Bill Shine in Burke & Hare (1972)
    Roger Avon and John J. Carney in Burke & Hare (1972)
    Glynn Edwards and Françoise Pascal in Burke & Hare (1972)
    John J. Carney in Burke & Hare (1972)
    Yootha Joyce and Dee Shenderey in Burke & Hare (1972)
    Glynn Edwards, Yootha Joyce, Derren Nesbitt, and Dee Shenderey in Burke & Hare (1972)
    Françoise Pascal and Alan Tucker in Burke & Hare (1972)
    Harry Andrews, Glynn Edwards, Thomas Heathcote, and Derren Nesbitt in Burke & Hare (1972)
    Harry Andrews in Burke & Hare (1972)

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    Paul Luty
    Paul Luty
    • Cruncheras Cruncher
    Roy Macready
    • Merrileesas Merrilees
    Derren Nesbitt
    Derren Nesbitt
    • Burkeas Burke
    Susan Coates
    • Pollyas Polly
    Françoise Pascal
    Françoise Pascal
    • Marieas Marie
    Christine Pilgrim
    • Rosieas Rosie
    Joan Carol
    • Madame Thompsonas Madame Thompson
    Robin Hawdon
    Robin Hawdon
    • Lord Angus McPheeas Lord Angus McPhee
    Kenneth Thornett
    • Councillor Gordonas Councillor Gordon
    Yutte Stensgaard
    Yutte Stensgaard
    • Janetas Janet
    Katya Wyeth
    • Natalieas Natalie
    • (as Katya Wyath)
    Caroline Yates
    • Annieas Annie
    Glynn Edwards
    Glynn Edwards
    • Hareas Hare
    Yootha Joyce
    Yootha Joyce
    • Mrs. Hareas Mrs. Hare
    Dee Shenderey
    Dee Shenderey
    • Mrs. Burkeas Mrs. Burke
    Frederick Piper
    • Lodgeras Lodger
    Paul Greaves
    • Fergusonas Ferguson
    Thomas Heathcote
    Thomas Heathcote
    • Patersonas Paterson
    • Director
      • Vernon Sewell
    • Writer
      • Ernle Bradford(screenplay)
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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      Final feature film of Frederick Piper.
    • Goofs
      When Daft Jamie is being shown at the medical school, in the close-up of his foot, his toes move.
    • Quotes

      [telling an anecdote over dinner with Dr Selby]

      Dr. Knox: He was a great barrel-chest of a man - heart like a steam engine, lungs like a pair of bellows. "Slip your trews down, man," I say. So he lets his trews fall down round his feet. "And your under-drawers," I say. "How can I examine you with your drawers on?" "I'd rather not," he says. "I'm very sensitive - it's my person, it's very small". "Good heavens, man!" I say, "That's nothing to worry about. I see dozens of them every day - big ones, small ones. Come on, don't waste my time." So reluctantly he lowers his drawers. At first I cannot see a thing. Then I see it: a wee mushroom peeping through the heather, and him such a fine strapping man, too - you never can tell. "It certainly is very small indeed," I say. "Er, tell me. Do you ever get an erection?" With tears in his eyes he says "I've got one the noo, Doctor".

      [everyone laughs]

    • Alternate versions
      The UK cinema version was cut by the BBFC to remove a shot of Hare stabbing a man with a broken bottle during a fight and a scene where a prostitute 'corrects' her male client by beating him with a cane.
    • Connections
      Version of The Body Snatcher (1945)
    • Soundtracks
      Burke and Hare
      Music by Roger Webb

      Lyrics by Norman Newell

      Sung by The Scaffold

    User reviews14

    Review
    Top review
    4/10
    Confused style and mediocre direction
    Briefly, this is not a patch on the Boris Karloff version.

    The introductory 70s music/soundtrack is pathetic and cheesy.

    Some elements are macabre (no surprise there), but, gratingly, these are mixed with some feeble quasi-comic elements and some cheap 'Confessions of a Window Cleaner' style sex scenes with prostitutes.

    This could have been 6.5 for a decent remake. Harry Andrews plays Dr. Knox and rises above the material and script. Derren Nesbitt Gestapo Officer in Where Eagles Dare) and Glynn Edwards (Dave from Minder) are also above average.

    Overall disappointing. Feel free to watch it as a curio, but make sure you have something else to do at the same time such as ironing, mending something or reading a newspaper.
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    Details

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    • Release date
      • February 3, 1972 (United Kingdom)
    • Country of origin
      • United Kingdom
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • The Bodysnatchers
    • Filming locations
      • Twickenham Film Studios, St Margarets, Twickenham, Middlesex, England, UK
    • Production companies
      • Armitage
      • Kenneth Shipman Productions
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 34 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.66 : 1

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