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The Flesh and the Fiends

The Flesh and the Fiends

Coffins Looted! Cadavers Dissected!

19606.51h 34m

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...

Directed by John Gilling
Written by John Gilling, Leon Griffiths
Produced by Robert S. Baker, Monty Berman
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Top Cast

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

J

June Powell

Maggie O'Hara

Themes & Keywords

experimentsurgeonblack and whitebody snatchersdylascope

About The Flesh and the Fiends

The Flesh and the Fiends is a horror film released in 1960 exploring themes of experiment, surgeon, black and white, body snatchers, dylascope. Directed by John Gilling, it stars Peter Cushing, Donald Pleasence, George Rose. 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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