Human Monsters, Body & Contagion, Movements & Traditions
The Flesh and the Fiends
1960
Coffins Looted! Cadavers Dissected!
Directed by John Gilling
User Rating
3.5
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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...
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- Director
- John Gilling
- Written by
- John Gilling, Leon Griffiths
- Produced by
- Monty Berman, Robert S. Baker
- Composer
- Stanley Black
- Cinematographer
- Monty Berman
- Editor
- Jack Slade
- Studio
- Triad Productions
- Origin countries
- United Kingdom, United States
- Production country
- United Kingdom
- Runtime
- 1h 34m
- Language
- en
- Rating
- NR
- Also known as
- Mania, The Fiendish Ghouls
- TMDB
- 6.6/10 (57 votes)
- IMDb
- 6.9/10 (2,431 votes)
Released February 2, 1960
Cast
Peter Cushing
Dr. Robert Knox
Donald Pleasence
William Hare
George Rose
William Burke
June Laverick
Martha Knox
Renée Houston
Helen Burke
Dermot Walsh
Dr. Geoffrey Mitchell
Billie Whitelaw
Mary Patterson
John Cairney
Chris Jackson
Melvyn Hayes
Daft Jamie
No photo
June Powell
Maggie O'Hara
Andrew Faulds
Inspector McCulloch
No photo
Philip Leaver
Dr. Elliot
George Woodbridge
Dr. Ferguson
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Garard Green
Dr. Andrews
Esma Cannon
Aggie
No photo
George Bishop
Blind Man
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Beckett Bould
Old Angus
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George Street
Publican
