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The Body Snatcher

Robert Wise
USA
Synopsis
A story by Robert Louis Stevenson, adapted to producer Val Lewton's liking, about a body snatcher trapped in a spiral of horror and death, with an impressive Boris Karloff. The final sequence in the storm already shows Wise's mastery of latent terror.
Director
Robert Wise
Screenplay
Philip MacDonald, Carlos Keith (Val Lewton)
Photography
Robert de Grasse
Edition
J.R. Whittredge
Music
Roy Webb
Cast
Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi, Henry Daniell, Edith Atwater, Russell Wade
Running Time
78 m.
Country
USA
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