The Doctor and the Devils

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The Doctor and the Devils is a 1985 British horror film, produced by Thom Mount, that dramatizes grave-robbing and murder committed to supply cadavers for medical research in 19th-century Britain.

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instanceOf British horror film
film
basedOn The Doctor and the Devils self-linksurface differs
surface form: The Doctor and the Devils (screenplay)
basedOnWorkBy Dylan Thomas
cinematographyBy John Coquillon
colorProcess color
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
countryOfSetting United Kingdom
director Freddie Francis
distributor EMI Films
surface form: Thorn EMI Screen Entertainment

20th Century Fox
surface form: Twentieth Century Fox
editedBy Gordon Scott
filmingLocation England
Wales
genre horror film
period film
hasTheme body snatching
medical ethics
scientific progress and morality
inspiredBy Burke and Hare murders
mainCharacterOccupation anatomy professor
medium feature film
musicBy John Morris
narrativeLocation 19th-century Britain
originalLanguage English
plotFocus grave-robbing
murder to supply cadavers for medical research
producer Thom Mount
productionCompany EMI Films
surface form: Thorn EMI Screen Entertainment
releaseDate 1985-10-04
releaseYear 1985
runtime 93 minutes
screenwriter Ronald Harwood
setInPeriod 19th century
starring Jonathan Pryce
Julian Sands
Nicholas Campbell
Patrick Stewart
Stephen Rea
Timothy Dalton
Twiggy

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