--- title: 'The Body Snatcher (1945)' type: 'film' director: 'Robert Wise' released: '1945-01-01' runtime_minutes: 77 genres: - 'Fantasy' - 'Horror' countries: - 'United States' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-body-snatcher-1945' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0037549/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # The Body Snatcher (1945) 1945 · 77 min · Fantasy, Horror · United States ## Synopsis The Body Snatcher is a 1945 American horror film directed by Robert Wise, based on the 1884 short story of the same name by Robert Louis Stevenson. Philip MacDonald adapted the story for the screen, and producer Val Lewton, credited as "Carlos Keith", modified MacDonald's screenplay. The film stars Boris Karloff as John Gray, a cab driver who moonlights as a grave robber, and later murderer, to illegally supply Dr. MacFarlane with cadavers for his classes, and makes mention of Burke, Hare, and Dr. Knox, in reference to the West Port murders of 1828. Alongside Karloff and Daniell, the film's cast includes Russell Wade, Edith Atwater, and Bela Lugosi. It was the last film in which both Karloff and Lugosi appeared together. ## Credits - **Director:** [Robert Wise](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-wise) - **Screenplay:** [Val Lewton](https://cinepixo.com/people/val-lewton) - **Producer:** [Val Lewton](https://cinepixo.com/people/val-lewton) - **Original Music Composer:** [Roy Webb](https://cinepixo.com/people/roy-webb) - **Director of Photography:** [Robert De Grasse](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-de-grasse) ## Cast - [Robert Clarke](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-clarke) - [Bela Lugosi](https://cinepixo.com/people/bela-lugosi) - [Mary Gordon](https://cinepixo.com/people/mary-gordon) - [Edith Atwater](https://cinepixo.com/people/edith-atwater) - [Boris Karloff](https://cinepixo.com/people/boris-karloff) - [Henry Daniell](https://cinepixo.com/people/henry-daniell) - [Russell Wade](https://cinepixo.com/people/russell-wade) ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-body-snatcher-1945 Film facts: Wikidata (Q2520443); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.