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The Flesh and the Fiends

Coffins Looted! Cadavers Dissected!

6.5

1h 34m

1960

“Coffins Looted! Cadavers Dissected!”

Synopsis

Edinburgh surgeon Dr. Robert Knox requires cadavers for his research into the functioning of the human body; local ne'er-do-wells Burke and Hare find ways to provide him with fresh specimens...

Director

John Gilling

Trailer

Horror

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Cast & Crew

Peter Cushing

Peter Cushing

as Dr. Robert Knox

Donald Pleasence

Donald Pleasence

as William Hare

George Rose

George Rose

as William Burke

June Laverick

June Laverick

as Martha Knox

Renée Houston

Renée Houston

as Helen Burke

Dermot Walsh

Dermot Walsh

as Dr. Geoffrey Mitchell

Billie Whitelaw

Billie Whitelaw

as Mary Patterson

John Cairney

John Cairney

as Chris Jackson

Melvyn Hayes

Melvyn Hayes

as Daft Jamie

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