Directed by:
Robert WiseScreenplay:
Val LewtonCinematography:
Robert De GrasseComposer:
Roy WebbCast:
Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi, Henry Daniell, Edith Atwater, Russell Wade, Rita Corday, Sharyn Moffett, Robert Clarke, Mary Gordon, Ethan Laidlaw, Milton Kibbee (more)VOD (1)
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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. (official distributor synopsis)
Cast
Boris Karloff
UK
Best movies:
The General (1926)
Scarface (1932)
Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
Bela Lugosi
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
He Who Gets Slapped (1924)
Ninotchka (1939)
The Phantom Creeps (1949) (TV movie) - a.f.
Henry Daniell
UK
Best movies:
Producers' Showcase (1954) (series)
Song of Love (1947)
The Great Dictator (1940)
Edith Atwater
USA
Best movies:
Sweet Bird of Youth (1962)
Sweet Smell of Success (1957)
The Body Snatcher (1945)
Russell Wade
USA
Best movies:
Ball of Fire (1941)
Broadway Melody of 1940 (1940)
Vivacious Lady (1938)
Rita Corday
Best movies:
The Body Snatcher (1945)
The Black Castle (1952)
Mr. Lucky (1943)
Sharyn Moffett
USA
Best movies:
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House (1948)
The Body Snatcher (1945)
The Locket (1946)
Robert Clarke
USA
Best movies:
Band of Angels (1957)
Under the Tonto Rim (1947)
The Body Snatcher (1945)
Mary Gordon
UK
Best movies:
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
It Started with Eve (1941)
After the Thin Man (1936)
Ethan Laidlaw
USA
Best movies:
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
The Last of the Mohicans (1936)
Pressure Point (1962)
Milton Kibbee
USA
Best movies:
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
Edison, the Man (1940)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
Bill Williams
USA
Best movies:
King Kong (1933)
The Stratton Story (1949)
Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (1944)
Larry Wheat
USA
Best movies:
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
Citizen Kane (1941)
Ted Billings
UK
Best movies:
The Invisible Man (1933)
Robin Hood (1922)
Bernadette (1943)