The Body Snatcher

Starring: Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi, Henry Daniell, et al.

A carriage cabby sells cadavers to a medical-school doctor in 19th-century Edinburgh.

• Format: Blu-ray
• Language: English
• UPC: 826663189285
• Release Date: March 2019
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Publisher: SHOUT! FACTORY
• Director: Robert Wise
• Starring: Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi, Henry Daniell, Edith Atwater, Russell Wade, Rita Corday, Sharyn Moffet, Donna Lee
• Runtime: 1 hour, 19 minutes
• Number of Disks: 1
• Other Video Info: blu_ray
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 5.4" x 7.5" x 0.7"

Customer Reviews

Based on a short story by Robert Louis Stevenson.

“It is through error that a man tries and rises. It is through tragedy that he learns. All the roads of learning begin in darkness and go out into the light.” Hippocrates of Gos This film has the psychological complexity of a Val Lewton production but is a lot more graphic than most of his productions, where he just implies violence. He even takes it out on innocent dogs. I feel that someone was pushing Lewton from behind to be more vicious with this film. A young student (Russell Wade) wants to become a doctor like the great Dr. Wolfe 'Toddy' MacFarlane (Henry Daniell). Little does he know what it will entail? The DVD has a voiceover commentary from the late Director Robert Wise, who directed “West Side Story” and “The Sound of Music.” Surprisingly, he said that the original basic script was written by Philip MacDonald.