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The Flesh and the Fiends: Full Cast & Crew 1961 Horror/Crime/Drama/Romance
Dr. Knox (Peter Cushing) is an Edinburgh-based doctor of anatomy whose ideas about research on deceased human bodies are in direct conflict with a law that limits the study of cadavers to criminals who have been executed. With these legal cadavers in short supply, a pair of lower-class greedy grave robbers, William Burke (George Rose) and William Hare (Donald Pleasence), appease the doctor's needs by presenting him with illegal bodies they have exhumed. The pair soon escalate to murder. Released: Jan 24, 1961 See Movie Details

Cast & Crew

All Cast Crew
John Gilling Director, Screenwriter Peter Cushing Dr. Robert Knox Actor June Laverick Martha Knox Actor Donald Pleasence William Hare Actor George Rose William Burke Actor Renee Houston Helen Burke Actor Dermot Walsh Dr. Geoffrey Mitchell Actor Billie Whitelaw Mary Patterson Actor John Cairney Chris Jackson Actor Melvyn Hayes Daft Jamie Actor June Powell Maggie O'Hara Actor Andrew Faulds Inspector McCulloch Actor Philip Leaver Dr. Elliott Actor George Woodbridge Dr. Ferguson Actor Garard Green Dr. Andrews Actor Esma Cannon Aggie Actor Geoffrey Tyrrell Old Davey Actor George Bishop Blind Man Actor Beckett Bould Old Angus Actor George Street Publican Actor Michael Balfour Drunken Sailor Actor Stephen Scott Grave Robber Actor Raf De La Torre Grave Robber Actor Jack McNaughton Stallholder Actor Michael Mulcaster Undertaker Actor John Rae Reverend Lincoln Actor Robert S Baker Producer Monty Berman Producer, Cinematographer Leon Griffiths Screenwriter Stanley Black Original Music Jack Slade Film Editing John Elphick Art Director