The Body Snatcher (1945)

Calificación de los usuarios:

7.5/10   

Director:

Robert Wise

Escritores:

Robert Louis Stevenson (short story "The Body Snatcher")
Philip MacDonald (written by) ...

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

1946 (Turkey)

Género:

Drama | Horror | Suspenso

Frase comercial:

INVADED!...the sanctuary of the Dead!...by the Hero of Horror!...and the Master of Menace!

Plot:

A ruthless doctor and his young prize student find themselves continually harassed by their murderous supplier of illegal cadavers.

Plot Keywords:

Doctor | Medical | Murder | Medical Student | Cemetery

Premios:

2 nominations

Comentarios de los usuarios:

What can you say about Boris Karloff?

Reparto

Boris Karloff	...	Cabman John Gray
Bela Lugosi	...	Joseph
Henry Daniell	...	Dr. Wolfe 'Toddy' MacFarlane
Edith Atwater	...	Meg Camden
Russell Wade	...	Donald Fettes
Rita Corday	...	Mrs. Marsh
Sharyn Moffett	...	Georgina Marsh
Donna Lee	...	Street singer

También conocida como:

Robert Louis Stevenson's 'The Body Snatcher' (USA) (complete title)
El ladrón de cadáveres (Spain) (DVD title) [es]
El ladrón de cuerpos (Spain) [es]

Duración:

77 min

País:

USA

Idioma:

Inglés

Color:

Negro y Blanco

Relación de Aspecto:

1.37 : 1

Sonido:

Mono (RCA Sound System)

Clasificación:

USA:Approved (certificate #10563) | Australia:PG | Germany:12 (video rating) | Spain:13 | Sweden:(Banned) | UK:A (original rating) | UK:PG

Locaciones de Filmación:

Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

Compañía:

RKO Radio Pictures

Trivialidades:

This film the last on-screen teaming of Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi.

Errores:

Continuidad: When Gray kills Joseph, the latter's right arm is stretched out from his shoulder at a 90 degree angle and Gray reaches over to shoo away his cat who begins to nuzzle Joseph's right hand. In the next shot, the right arm of the dead Joseph has suddenly moved to a position where it lies parallel to his body.

Citas:

Dr. Wolfe 'Toddy' MacFarlane: Gray, I must be rid of you. You've become a cancer, a malignant evil cancer rotting my mind.
Cabman John Gray: You've made a disease of me, eh, Toddy?

Conexiones de Película:

Apareció en Monsterama Sci-Fi Late Night Creature Feature Show Vol. 1 (1996) (V)

What can you say about Boris Karloff?

What can you say about Boris Karloff? He attacks this role with evil zest. I have not seen a lot of his work, but I was extremely impressed with his portrayal of Cabman Gray, the medical school's grave robber. (among other things) The modern horror genre simply focuses on gore, and doesn't allow characters like Gray, or actors like Karloff flourish, and that's too bad.