Burke & Hare ( Horrors of Burke and Hare )

Burke & Hare (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Horrors of Burke and Hare
Language Selections:
English ( Mono )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
90 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1972 and produced in:
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
Vernon Sewell

Written By:
Ernle Bradford

Actors:
Derren Nesbitt ..... Burke
Harry Andrews ..... Dr. Knox
Glynn Edwards ..... Hare
Yootha Joyce ..... Mrs. Hare
Françoise Pascal ..... Marie
Yutte Stensgaard ..... Janet
Robin Hawdon ..... Lord Angus McPhee
Alan Tucker ..... Arbuthnot
Dee Shenderey ..... Mrs. Burke
Joan Carol ..... Madame Thompson
Paul Greaves ..... Ferguson
David Pugh ..... Daft Jamie
James Hayter ..... Dr. Selby
Thomas Heathcote ..... Paterson
Duncan Lamont ..... Dr. Saint

Synopsis:

Set in Edinburgh Burke (Nesbitt) & Hare (Edwards) embark on the profitable enterprise of supplying the dead bodies of lodgers from the poorhouse to the medical pioneer Dr Knox (Andrews). As the supply of corpses dries up and driven by their money grabbing wives the pair move onto murder in order to maintain their income. Dr. Knox suspicions become alerted when he's presented with the corpse of a club footed beggar who he's seen alive earlier in the day.

Two scoundrels discovering the profitability of bodysnatching in the early 19th century, move on to murder to keep the supply of corpses steady to Dr. Knox at the College of Surgeons.

Two men go into business supplying medical colleges with cadavers by robbing graves.

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