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The Body Snatcher (1945) is a classic Hollywood horror film you can watch online on iFILM, directed by Robert Wise for RKO Pictures and adapted from Robert Louis Stevenson's story. Edinburgh, 1831. Dr. MacFarlane relies on Gray — a cab driver and former medical student — to supply bodies for his anatomy lectures. Gray delivers. He also knows where the bodies are buried in a different sense entirely.
Boris Karloff plays Gray with a cold, educated menace that's far more unsettling than any monster makeup. Bela Lugosi appears in a key supporting role. Two horror icons sharing scenes — it didn't happen often, and Wise uses them wisely. When legitimate sources dry up, Gray's solution is efficient and brutal.
Robert Wise strips the story down to its pressure points: a man with secrets, another man who owns those secrets, and a city that prefers not to ask questions. Seventy-eight minutes, no wasted moments. Watch The Body Snatcher (1945) online on iFILM.
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