The Flesh and the Fiends Movie Review 1960

Fine adaptation of the Burke and Hare grave robbing legend. Cushing is the doctor who needs corpses and Pleasence and Rose provide them by any means. Highly atmospheric representation of dismal, 19th century Edinburgh. Very graphic for its time.

Distribution

Mike LeBell's Video, 75 Freemont Pl., Los Angeles, CA 90005, Phone: (213)938-3333, Fax: (213)938-3334, Email: mlvideo@aol.com

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 87 minutes.
Originally from British.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Period Piece: 19th Century, Doctors & Nurses

Screenplay

John Gilling, Leon Griffiths

Cast

Peter Cushing, June Laverick, Donald Pleasence, George Rose, Dermot Walsh, Renee Houston, Billie Whitelaw, John Cairney, Michael Balfour

Cinematography

Monty Berman

Director

John Gilling

Music

Stanley Black

Other

Jack Slade

Producer

Valiant International Pictures