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Vernon Sewell directs this Hammeresque horror on the early days of anatomy, when the need for fresh corpses led to a series of murders in Edinburgh. When Burke and Hare realise that demand for corpses is outstripping supply, they decide to take matters into their own hands and prey on drunken prostitutes. Derren Nesbit, Glynn Edwards, Yootha Joyce and Francoise Pascal star in this seminal British shocker. (Odeon)
(more)Cast
Derren Nesbitt
UK
Best movies:
Where Eagles Dare (1968)
The Silent Enemy (1958)
Room at the Top (1959)
Harry Andrews
UK
Best movies:
The Hill (1965)
The Agony and the Ecstasy (1965)
The Medusa Touch (1978)
Frederick Piper
UK
Best movies:
The 39 Steps (1935)
The Lavender Hill Mob (1951)
Sabotage (1936)
Robin Hawdon
UK
Best movies:
The Day the Earth Caught Fire (1961)
Bedazzled (1967)
Attack on the Iron Coast (1968)
Duncan Lamont
Portugal
Best movies:
Battle of Britain (1969)
Murder at the Gallop (1963)
Mutiny on the Bounty (1962)
James Hayter
India
Best movies:
Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
Night and the City (1950)
The Fallen Idol (1948)
Bill Shine
UK
Best movies:
The Red Shoes (1948)
Richard III (1955)
The Yellow Rolls-Royce (1964)
Brian Croucher
UK
Best movies:
O Lucky Man! (1973)
The Last Days of Pompeii (1984) (series)
Edge of Darkness (1985) (series)
Madoline Thomas
UK
Best movies:
Ghost Ship (1952)
Bob Todd
UK
Best movies:
The Four Musketeers (1974)
The Best of Benny Hill (1974)
Hot Millions (1968)
Noel Coleman
UK
Best movies:
Edge of Sanity (1989)
Kim (1984) (TV movie)
Our Miss Fred (1972)
Jerold Wells
UK
Best movies:
Anne of the Thousand Days (1969)
The Element of Crime (1984)
Jabberwocky (1977)
Victor Harrington
Malta
Best movies:
Thomas Heathcote
India
Best movies:
Julius Caesar (1970)
A Man for All Seasons (1966)
A Night to Remember (1958)
Aileen Lewis
UK
Best movies:
Anne of the Thousand Days (1969)
The Dirty Dozen (1967)
From Russia with Love (1963)
Glynn Edwards
UK
Best movies:
Zulu (1964)
Robbery (1967)
The Ipcress File (1965)
Roger Avon
UK
Best movies:
A Hard Day's Night (1964)
The Dresser (1983)
Murder at the Gallop (1963)
Charles Houston
UK
Best movies:
Never Let Go (1960)
Mission: Monte Carlo (1974) - a.f.
The Black Torment (1964)
Yutte Stensgaard
Denmark
Best movies:
If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium (1969)
Some Girls Do (1969)
Lust for a Vampire (1971)