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The Body Snatcher (1945)

Rating:No Rating
Genre:Drama, Horror
Release Date:January 1, 1945
Running time:79 minutes
Cast:Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi, Henry Daniell, Edith Atwater, Russell Wade
Director:Robert Wise
Writer:Robert Louis Stevenson, Philip MacDonald

Description: A 19th-century Edinburgh scientist hires a thief to provide him with corpses for his experiments. But when the supply of fresh cadavers begins to dwindle, the thief begins to taunt the doctor with the knowledge that he holds the power to expose him to the authorities.

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