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The Flesh and the Fiends (1959)

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DVD Release Date
• R1: Aug 14, 2001

Running Time
1 hour, 37 minutes

Country UK

Studio Triad

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Other Titles
• The Flesh and the Fiends (1959)
• Mania (1961)
• Der Arzt und die Teufel (1959)
• The Fiendish Ghouls (1959)
• Psycho Killers (1959)
• The Psycho Killers (1959)



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Genre: Horror, Doctor, Murder, Revenge, Prostitution, Suspense

Tagline: Coffins Looted! Cadavers Dissected!

Plot: Based on the actual story of Burke and Hare, THE FLESH AND THE FIENDS is a brutal film in which Edinburgh's Dr. Robert Knox (Peter Cushing), a slightly mad scientist, is in constant need of dead bodies for vivisection to further his studies. Donald Pleasence plays a graverobber who provides the corpses for Knox's experiments, first through the traditional, shady means of theft, but ultimately resorting to murder to meet his demands.

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 Directed by
John Gilling
The Plague of the Zombies, The Reptile, The Mummy's Shroud
 Written by
John Gilling
The Gorgon, Trog, The Greed of William Hart
 Cast
Peter Cushing
Star Wars, Top Secret!, Horror of Dracula
Donald Pleasence
Halloween, The Great Escape, Escape from New York
June Laverick
Follow a Star, The Gypsy and the Gentleman
George Rose
The Pirates of Penzance, A New Leaf, Hawaii
Renee Houston
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Dermot Walsh
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Billie Whitelaw
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 Music By
Stanley Black
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