The Body Snatcher [Blu-ray]

The Body Snatcher [Blu-ray]

Director: Robert Wise Cast: Boris Karloff
Boris Karloff
, Henry Daniell
Henry Daniell
, Bela Lugosi
Bela Lugosi
, Edith Atwater
Edith Atwater
Robert Wise
The Body Snatcher [Blu-ray]

The Body Snatcher [Blu-ray]

Director: Robert Wise Cast: Boris Karloff
Boris Karloff
, Henry Daniell
Henry Daniell
, Bela Lugosi
Bela Lugosi
, Edith Atwater
Edith Atwater
Robert Wise

Blu-ray (Wide Screen)

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Overview

Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi were given top billing in the Val Lewton-produced The Body Snatcher, but the film's protagonist is played by Henry Daniell. A brilliant 18th century London surgeon, Daniell can only make his humanitarian medical advances by experimenting on cadavers, which is strictly illegal. Karloff plays a Uriah Heep-type cabman who is secretly a grave robber, providing corpses for Daniell's research. The low-born Karloff enjoys blackmailing the aristocratic Daniell into silence; the two actors' cat-and-mouse scenes are among the film's highlights. Eventually, Karloff turns to murder to supply fresh bodies to Daniell. The doctor can stand no more of this, and kills Karloff. But though Daniell may be able to escape the law, he cannot escape his conscience, which manifests itself in the voice of the dead Karloff, whose repeated mantra "NEVER get rid of me! NEVER get rid of me!" drives Daniell to his death. Though billed second, Lugosi has an embarrassingly small part, though the scene he shares with Karloff is one of his best-ever screen moments. The Body Snatcher was based on a story by Robert Louis Stevenson, which in turn was inspired by the homicidal career of notorious grave-robbers Burke and Hare.

Product Details

Release Date: 03/26/2019
UPC: 0826663189285
Original Release: 1945
Rating: NR
Source: Shout Factory
Region Code: A
Presentation: [B&W]
Sound: [Dolby Digital Mono]
Language: English
Time: 1:17:00
Sales rank: 5,097

Special Features

NEW You'll Never Get Rid of Me: Resurrecting The Body Snatcher; Audio commentary with author/historian Steve Haberman and director Robert Wise; Documentary: "Shadows in the Dark: The Val Lewton Legacy"; Theatrical trailer; Still gallery

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits
Boris Karloff Cabman John Gray
Henry Daniell Dr. Wolfe "Toddy" MacFarlane
Bela Lugosi Joseph
Edith Atwater Meg Camden
Russell Wade Donald Fettes
Rita Corday Mrs. Marsh
Sharyn Moffett Georgina Marsh
Donna Lee Street Singer
Ted Billings Townsman
Aina Constant Maidservant
Carl Kent Gilchrist - Medical Student
Milton Kibbee Dan,Dan
Ethan Laidlaw Pub Patron
Jack Welch Boy
Larry Wheat Salesman
Robert Clarke Richardson
Mary Gordon Mrs. Mary McBride
Jim Moran Horse Trader
Lawrence Wheat Salesman
Bill Williams Medical Student
Roy Webb Composer

Technical Credits
Robert Wise Director
Val Lewton Producer,Screenwriter
Phillip MacDonald Screenwriter,Screenwriter
Jack J. Gross Executive Producer
Terry Kellum Sound Effects
Robert Louis King Screenwriter
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