Burke & Hare /

"Two of the most notorious figures in the history of medicine, William Burke and William Hare were a pair of enterprising street thugs who provided anatomical specimens to the Edinburgh Medical College--often by robbing the graves of the recently dead, sometimes through even more nefarious meth...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Webb, Roger (Composer)
Corporate Authors: Kenneth Shipman Productions, Redemption Films, Kino Lorber, Inc
Other Authors: Bradford, Ernle Dusgate Selby (Screenwriter), Coen, Guido, 1915-2010 (Producer), Sewell, Vernon (Director), Nesbitt, Derren (Actor), Andrews, Harry, 1911-1989 (Actor), Edwards, Glynn, 1931-2018 (Actor), Joyce, Yootha, 1927-1980 (Actor), Pascal, Françoise, 1949- (Actor)
Format: Video Blu-ray Disc
Language:English
Published: [United States] : New York, NY : Redemption Films ; Kino Lorber, [2012]
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Summary:"Two of the most notorious figures in the history of medicine, William Burke and William Hare were a pair of enterprising street thugs who provided anatomical specimens to the Edinburgh Medical College--often by robbing the graves of the recently dead, sometimes through even more nefarious methods"--Container.
Item Description:Videodisc release of the 1972 motion picture.
Special features include an interview with Françoise Pascal and the featurette Grave desires: corpses on film, an interview with Dr. Patricia MacCormack.
Videorecording.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (94 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:Blu-ray disc; region A; 1.66:1, 1920x1080p; mono.
Audience:MPAA rating: R.
Production Credits:Director of photography, Desmond Dickinson ; film editor, John Colville ; music composed and conducted by Roger Webb.