The Flesh and the Fiends
Coffins Looted! Cadavers Dissected!
Directed by John Gilling
Produced by Triad Productions
A grim historical horror film about grave robbing and murder in service of medical science, steeped in period atmosphere and moral corruption.
Edinburgh surgeon Dr. Robert Knox requires cadavers for his research into the functioning of the human body; local ne'er-do-wells Burke and Hare find ways to provide him with fresh specimens...
Essence
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Peter Cushing
Dr. Robert Knox
Donald Pleasence
William Hare
George Rose
William Burke
June Laverick
Martha Knox
Renée Houston
Helen Burke
Dermot Walsh
Dr. Geoffrey Mitchell
Billie Whitelaw
Mary Patterson
John Cairney
Chris Jackson
Melvyn Hayes
Daft Jamie
June Powell
Maggie O'Hara
Andrew Faulds
Inspector McCulloch
Philip Leaver
Dr. Elliot
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