The Flesh and the Fiends

January. 24,1961      NR
Rating:
6.9
Trailer Synopsis Cast

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...

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
Andrew Faulds as  Inspector McCulloch

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