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The Flesh and the Fiends

BBC One
on BBC One London

starring Peter Cushing and Donald Pleasence. In Edinburgh in the 1820s, Dr Robert Knox is scandalising his more orthodox colleagues by encouraging the trade of the 'resurrectionists' - or body-snatchers. Two rogues in this lucrative business are Burke and Hare who, to save themselves the trouble of disinterring their victims, resort to the simpler expedient of murder.
Screenplay by JOHN GILLING and LEON GRIFFITHS
Produced by ROBERT s. BAKER and MONTY BERMAN
Directed by JOHN GILLING (Blackandwhite)
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Contributors

Unknown:
Peter Cushing
Unknown:
Donald Pleasence.
Unknown:
Dr Robert Knox
Unknown:
John Gilling
Unknown:
Leon Griffiths
Produced By:
Robert S. Baker
Produced By:
Monty Berman
Directed By:
John Gilling
Dr Knox:
Peter Cushing
Hare:
Donald Pleasence
Martha:
June Laverick
Burke:
George Rose
Dr Mitchell:
Dermot Walsh
Helen Burke:
Renée Houston
Mary:
Billie Whitelaw
Source: Radio Times

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