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Moviedrome: The Body Snatcher

BBC Two
on BBC Two England

Vintage horror starring Boris Karloff and featuring Bela Lugosi, memorably portrayed by Martin Landau in tonight's Ed Wood.
Edinburgh, 1832. A gifted doctor enters into a sinister relationship with a grave-robberto obtain cadavers for dissection. However, the troubled doctor begins to question the source of the constant supply of dead bodies. (1945, PG) (Black and white) (Subtitled)
See Films: pp 56-62
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Contributors

Director:
Robert Wise
John Gray:
Boris Karloff
Joseph:
Bela Lugosi
Dr MacFarlane:
Henry Daniell
Meg Camden:
Edith Atwater
Donald Fettes:
Russell Wade
Source: Radio Times

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