The Greed Of William Hart (1948)

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A story of body snatchers in Edinburgh, based on Burke and Hare. Also Known As: Horror Maniacs Title: Greed Of William Hart, The Release Date: , 1953 Runtime: 80 mins Genre: Drama All Genres: Drama, Horror Languages: English Country: UK Colors: Black and White Sound: Mono IMDB Rating: 6.4 Brimstone Pit Rating: 7.4 - (Rate This Horror Movie) Category: Horror Movies Starting With G Director(s): Oswald Mitchell Cast: Tod Slaughter ...William Hart Henry Oscar ...Mr. Moore Jenny Lynn ...Helen Moore Winifred Melville ...Meg Hart Aubrey Woods ...'Daft Jamie' Wilson Patrick Addison ...Hugh Alston Arnold Bell ...Dr. Cox Mary Love ...Mary Patterson Ann Trego ...Janet Brown Edward Malin ...David Patterson Hubert Woodward ...Innkeeper Swanson Dennis Wyndham ...Sergeant Fisher Remaining Cast: Producer(s): Gilbert Church Writer(s): John Gilling Movie Trivia: The script was originally written and filmed as a tale of William Burke and William Hare, real-life partners in the selling to medical schools cadavers which they obtained by both murder and grave-robbing. (Burke was hanged in 1829; Hare avoided this fate by testifying against him.) However, the British censors refused to allow the film's release because of national sensitivities toward the infamous "resurrectionists." Therefore, to get the film out, the producers had to re-record the sound track, replacing the names of Burke with Hart, Hare with Moore, and Dr. Knox with Dr. Cox. The new names were then meticulously cut into the original soundtrack: one can easily lip-read "Burke", "Hare" and "Knox" as applicable, however. Due to the cost of this activity there was no money left for a music track. IMDB Links: » User Comments at imdb.com » More information at imdb.com Keywords: Character Name In Title  ...[more] Keywords All: Seen it? Rate it Currently 7.40/10 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Rating: 7.4 out of 10.0 - 65 votes cast total buy movie on dvd del.icio.us  |  digg  |  reddit Enter your zipcode for movie listings: » BACK TO HORROR MOVIES LIST