The Body Snatcher

1945 · 78 MIN · IMDB 7.3 · 10,731 VOTES · DIR. Robert Wise

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Overview

Edinburgh, 1831. Among those who undertake the illegal trade of grave robbery is Gray, ostensibly a cab driver. Formerly a medical student convicted of grave robbery, Gray holds a grudge against Dr. MacFarlane who had escaped detection and punishment.

Dialogue Timeline — 940 lines

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00:02:12 Here's a bit of something for you.
00:05:19 He thought you might examine my little girl.
00:07:52 Certainly.
00:10:26 Come along to the anatomy room and I'll explain your new duties.
00:15:07 The pay.
00:18:23 That, gentlemen, is to chew our food and bite our enemies.
00:21:08 if more doctors had been given the opportunity...
00:24:14 if you wouldn't break your rule and operate.
00:26:24 Dr. MacFarlane is a great man.
00:29:03 And you have a wildness that holds me to you, my lass.
00:33:15 But how soon, man?
00:38:22 fallen out of bed, cracked her skull, and killed herself.
00:40:48 - Mr. Gray wants to... - I don't wish to speak to Mr. Gray.
00:43:21 Child, I ask you to do a simple thing.
00:45:46 I set those blocks together, patched the muscles.
00:47:46 they hanged Burke, they mobbed Hare.
00:51:02 So excellent an idea that we must drink on it.
00:55:39 Meanwhile, you have me to keep you company.
00:58:20 Because the entry of the girl's body is in your writing, you'll do as I say.
01:00:27 - MacFarlane! - Listen to me, Fettes.
01:03:06 - You're a pleasure to me. - A pleasure to torment me?
01:07:36 but he couldn't teach me the poetry of medicine.
01:10:25 I knew it, I knew it.
01:14:33 Toddy.

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed940
Dialogue density12.1 lines / min
First line00:02:12
Final line01:14:33

Production Record

DirectorRobert Wise
LanguageEnglish
Budget$125,000
IMDb votes10,731