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The Flesh and the Fiends (US title Mania) is a 1960 British horror film directed by John Gilling. It stars Peter Cushing as 19th-century medical doctor Robert Knox, who purchases human corpses for research from a murderous pair named Burke and Hare (George Rose and Donald Pleasence). The film is based on the true case of Burke and Hare, who murdered at least 16 people in 1828 Edinburgh, Scotland and sold their bodies for anatomical research.
Original Release
02/02/1960
US Release
01/24/1961
Cast
Name | Character |
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Peter Cushing | Dr. Robert Knox |
June Laverick | Martha Knox |
Donald Pleasence | William Hare |
George Rose | William Burke |
Renee Houston | Helen Burke |
Dermot Walsh | Dr. Geoffrey Mitchell |
Billie Whitelaw | Mary Patterson |
John Cairney | Chris Jackson |
Melvyn Hayes | Daft Jamie |
June Powell | Maggie O'Hara |
Directors
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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Peter Cushing | Dr. Robert Knox |
June Laverick | Martha Knox |
Donald Pleasence | William Hare |
George Rose | William Burke |
Renee Houston | Helen Burke |
Dermot Walsh | Dr. Geoffrey Mitchell |
Billie Whitelaw | Mary Patterson |
John Cairney | Chris Jackson |
Melvyn Hayes | Daft Jamie |
June Powell | Maggie O'Hara |
Andrew Faulds | Inspector McCulloch |
Philip Leaver | Dr. Elliott / Dr. Elliot |
George Woodbridge | Dr. Ferguson |
Garard Green | Dr. Andrews |
Esma Cannon | Aggie |
Geoffrey Tyrrell | Old Davey |
George Bishop | Blind Man |
Beckett Bould | Old Angus |
George Street | Publican |
Michael Balfour | Drunken Sailor |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Robert S. Baker | Producer |
Monty Berman | Producer |