Fresh
Settings are inexpensive but sufficient for the needs. Production values, in general, however, aid materially in making this picture a winner.
Variety Staff, Variety
The Body Snatcher
GRAVES RAIDED! COFFINS ROBBED! CORPSES CARVED! MIDNIGHT MURDER! BODY BLACKMAIL! STALKING GHOULS! Mad Thrills of Terror And Macabre Mystery... –and don't blame us if you stay awake all night!
1945 · 1h 18m · Approved
Horror
Directed by
Robert Wise
Overview
Edinburgh, 1831. Among those who undertake the illegal trade of grave robbery is Gray, ostensibly a cab driver. Formerly a medical student convicted of grave robbery, Gray holds a grudge against Dr. MacFarlane who had escaped detection and punishment.
Director and cast
- Robert Wise Director
- Boris Karloff as Cabman John Gray
- Bela Lugosi as Joseph
- Henry Daniell as Dr. Wolfe 'Toddy' MacFarlane
- Edith Atwater as Meg Camden
- Russell Wade as Donald Fettes
- Rita Corday as Mrs. Marsh
- Sharyn Moffett as Georgina Marsh
- Mary Gordon as Mary McBride
- Donna Lee as Street Singer
- Robert Clarke Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
86%
Tomatometer
Rotten
Even though this film is taken from a modest stage play of a few seasons back, its humors are as stale and mechanical as those of the oldest such farce.
Bosley Crowther, New York Times
Rotten
One of the lesser products of Val Lewton's years as the head of RKO's horror-film unit.
Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader
Fresh
The film accelerates to great effect towards the end.
Time Out
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