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The Flesh and the Fiends

The Flesh and the Fiends

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The Flesh and the Fiends

"Coffins Looted! Cadavers Dissected!"

1960

1h 34m

6.6(59 votes)

Horror

Overview

Edinburgh surgeon Dr. Robert Knox requires cadavers for his research into the functioning of the human body; local ne'er-do-wells Burke and Hare find ways to provide him with fresh specimens...

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Peter Cushing

Peter Cushing

Dr. Robert Knox

Donald Pleasence

Donald Pleasence

William Hare

George Rose

George Rose

William Burke

June Laverick

June Laverick

Martha Knox

Renée Houston

Renée Houston

Helen Burke

Dermot Walsh

Dermot Walsh

Dr. Geoffrey Mitchell

Billie Whitelaw

Billie Whitelaw

Mary Patterson

John Cairney

John Cairney

Chris Jackson

Melvyn Hayes

Melvyn Hayes

Daft Jamie

June Powell

Maggie O'Hara

Creative team

Directed by: John Gilling
Written by: John Gilling
Leon Griffiths
Produced by: Robert S. Baker
Monty Berman

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