The Flesh and the Fiends

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...

Cast

Peter Cushing

as Dr. Robert Knox

Donald Pleasence

as William Hare

George Rose

as William Burke

June Laverick

as Martha Knox

Renée Houston

as Helen Burke

Dermot Walsh

as Dr. Geoffrey Mitchell

Billie Whitelaw

as Mary Patterson

John Cairney

as Chris Jackson

Melvyn Hayes

as Daft Jamie

June Powell

as Maggie O'Hara

Reviews

Wuchak

**_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 ...

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