The Body Snatcher
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The Body Snatcher is a 1945 horror film, based on a Robert Louis Stevenson story, about a sinister cabman who supplies corpses to a medical school in 19th-century Edinburgh.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Body Snatcher canonical | 4 |
| The Body Snatcher (1945 film) | 1 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| basedOn | The Body Snatcher (short story) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOnWorkAuthor | Robert Louis Stevenson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| blackAndWhite | true ⓘ |
| castMember |
Bela Lugosi
NERFINISHED
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Bill Williams NERFINISHED ⓘ Boris Karloff NERFINISHED ⓘ Cyril Delevanti NERFINISHED ⓘ Donna Lee NERFINISHED ⓘ Edith Atwater NERFINISHED ⓘ Henry Daniell NERFINISHED ⓘ Ian Wolfe NERFINISHED ⓘ Jason Robards Sr. NERFINISHED ⓘ Rita Corday NERFINISHED ⓘ Robert Clarke NERFINISHED ⓘ Russell Wade NERFINISHED ⓘ Sharyn Moffett NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| characterIn | The Body Snatcher (short story) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographer | Robert De Grasse NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| director | Robert Wise NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | RKO Radio Pictures ⓘ |
| editor | J. R. Whittredge NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmEditingStyle | classical Hollywood cinema ⓘ |
| genre | horror ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
grave robbing
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guilt ⓘ medical ethics ⓘ moral corruption ⓘ |
| leadActor | Boris Karloff NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| medium | 35 mm film ⓘ |
| musicBy | Roy Webb NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | feature film ⓘ |
| notableFor | collaboration of Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A sinister cabman supplies corpses to a medical school in 19th-century Edinburgh. ⓘ |
| producer | Val Lewton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | RKO Radio Pictures NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1945-05-25 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1945 ⓘ |
| runningTimeMinutes | 77 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Philip MacDonald
NERFINISHED
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Val Lewton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingLocation | Edinburgh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingTimePeriod | 19th century ⓘ |
| title | The Body Snatcher NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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The Body Snatcher (1945 film)