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The Body Snatcher

The Body Snatcher

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1945

Release Year

78 min

Runtime

Horror
Thriller

Overview

Edinburgh, 1831. Among those who undertake the illegal trade of grave robbery is Gray, ostensibly a cab driver. Formerly a medical student convicted of grave robbery, Gray holds a grudge against Dr. MacFarlane who had escaped detection and punishment.

Keywords

blackmail
edinburgh, scotland
murder
black and white
medical profession
grave robber
cadaver
dissection
medical research
medical student
body snatching
burking
medical education
child in distress
medical ethics
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9.0avg rating
John Chard

John Chard

August 28, 2014

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9/10

Grave robbing is one thing, but murder is quite another. Dr. MacFarlane and John Gray share a murky past, but just what is this hold that the lurching Gray has over the eminent Doctor?. Based on a Robert Louis Stevenson short story, The Body Snatcher contains tight direction from Mr Versatile, Ro

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