The Flesh and the Fiends
Coffins Looted! Cadavers Dissected!
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...
- 6.5
- 1960
- Released
- 1h 34m
Peter Cushing
Dr. Robert Knox
Donald Pleasence
William Hare
George Rose
William Burke
June Laverick
Martha Knox
Renée Houston
Helen Burke
Dermot Walsh
Dr. Geoffrey Mitchell
Billie Whitelaw
Mary Patterson
John Cairney
Chris Jackson
Melvyn Hayes
Daft Jamie
June Powell
Maggie O'Hara
Andrew Faulds
Inspector McCullochPhilip Leaver
Dr. Elliot
George Woodbridge
Dr. FergusonGarard Green
Dr. Andrews
Esma Cannon
AggieGeorge Bishop
Blind ManBeckett Bould
Old AngusGeorge Street
PublicanMichael Balfour
Drunken SailorSteven Scott
Grave Robber
Raf De La Torre
Grave RobberMarita Constantinou
Released
en
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- #dylascope
Reviews
**_Peter Cushing’s missing Frankenstein flick, sort of_** In 1828 Edinburgh, an ambitious doctor of anatomy (Peter Cushing) needs corpses for his work, which are dubiously supplied by two base men (Donald Pleasence and George Rose). This can’t end well. Shot in B&W (unfortunately), "The Flesh and the Fiends" (1960) is based on the infamous Burke and Hare murders and has been released under v