The Body Snatcher

The Body Snatcher

1945 | 1h 17m | Horror, Science Fiction | TV-PG

Brief Synopsis

Providing a young doctor and his students with the fresh cadavers they need for study, Cabman Gray (Boris Karloff) goes about his work by any means necessary...even murder. Bela Lugosi co-stars in this bone-chilling 1945 thriller.

Cast and Crew

DIRECTOR

Robert Earl Wise

CAST

Boris Karloff

Bela Lugosi

Henry Daniell

Edith Atwater

Russell Wade

Rita Corday

Sharyn Moffett

Donna Lee

PRODUCERS

Val Lewton

WRITERS

Philip MacDonald

Carlos Keith

Robert Louis Stevenson

Host Intros

02:09
Ben Mankiewicz Intro -- The Body Snatcher (1945)
Intro Aired: Oct 2017
Ben Mankiewicz introduces The Body Snatcher, 1945.
01:32
Ron Perlman Intro -- The Body Snatcher (1945)
Intro Aired: Oct 2016
Guest host Ron Perlman introduces The Body Snatcher, 1945.

Related Videos

Body Snatcher, The (1945) -- (Movie Clip) If You're A Real Man
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Young Dr. Fettes (Russell Wade) expresses his dismay to Dr. MacFarlane (Henry Daniell) in Val Lewton's production of Robert Louis Stevenson's The Body Snatcher, 1945.
Body Snatcher, The -- (Movie Clip) Get Us A Subject
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Dr. Fettes' (Russell Wade) urgent request for a cadaver from John Gray (Boris Karloff) turns out badly for the street singer (Donna Lee) in The Body Snatcher, 1945, directed by Robert Wise, produced by Val Lewton, from the Robert Louis Stevenson story.
Body Snatcher, The -- (Movie Clip) Never Heard The Song
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Famous scene from Val Lewton's The Body Snatcher, 1945, features the only appearance together by horror legends Boris Karloff as grave-robbing cabbie John Gray and Bela Lugosi as his would-be blackmailer Joseph.
Body Snatcher, The (1945) -- (Movie Clip) Fine Specimen
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Criminal cabbie John Gray (Boris Karloff) displays his business skills for doctors MacFarlane (Henry Daniell) and Fettes (Russell Wade) in producer Val Lewton's The Body Snatcher, 1945.
Body Snatcher, The - (Re-issue Trailer)
Trailer
Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi make sinister partners in the horror classic The Body Snatcher (1945), directed by Robert Wise.

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