The Flesh and the Fiends

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...

Cast

• 

  Peter Cushing

  Dr. Robert Knox

• 

  Donald Pleasence

  William Hare

• 

  George Rose

  William Burke

• 

  June Laverick

  Martha Knox

• 

  Renée Houston

  Helen Burke

• 

  Dermot Walsh

  Dr. Geoffrey Mitchell

• 

  Billie Whitelaw

  Mary Patterson

• 

  John Cairney

  Chris Jackson

• 

  Melvyn Hayes

  Daft Jamie

• June Powell

  Maggie O'Hara

• 

  Andrew Faulds

  Inspector McCulloch

• 

  Philip Leaver

  Dr. Elliot

Crew

Director

John Gilling

Writer

John Gilling, Leon Griffiths

Cinematography

Monty Berman

Music

Stanley Black