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The Greed of William Hart (1948)

ALL 03/01/1948 (en) Mystery, Horror 80 Min
  • Release
    03/01/1948
  • Production
    Ambassador . . . Bushey Productions, Gilbert Church Productions
  • Rotten tomato
    49%
  • Original title
    The Greed of William Hart
  • Original language
    en
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
    -

Overview

Hart and Moore are grave-robbers who provide cadavers to the medical students of 19th-century Edinburgh. When the supply becomes low and demand still great, the two decide to create their own supply, a plan that proves profitable when they stick to vagrants, prostitutes and drunkards. But when they poison likable Jamie, the townsfolk retaliate. NB: This film was originally written to be about Burke and Hare, but after it was completed, the British censors refused to allow its release on the grounds those names themselves were offensive; thus the entire soundtrack was recut so that new names - Hart and Moore - recorded by the film's actors, were cut into the previously recorded lines, replacing the offending "Burke" or "Hare", sentence by sentence.

  1. Oswald Mitchell

    Director

  2. Story

  3. John F. House

    Editor

  4. Gilbert Church

    Producer



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Casts

  1. Tod Slaughter

    William Hart

  2. Henry Oscar

    Mr. Moore

  3. Jenny Lynn

    Helen Moore

  4. Winifred Melville

    Meg Hart

  5. Aubrey Woods

    Jamie Wilson

  6. Patrick Addison

    Hugh Alston

  7. Arnold Bell

    Dr. Cox

  8. Anne Trego

    Janet Brown

  9. Edward Malin

    David Paterson

  10. Mary Love

    Mary Paterson

Full Cast & Crew

Casts : 10 , Crews : 6

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The Greed of William Hart (1948) 80 Min

ALL 03/01/1948 (en)
Mystery, Horror
  • Release 03/01/1948
  • Production
    Ambassador . . . Bushey Productions, Gilbert Church Productions
  • Original title The Greed of William Hart
  • en
  • Revenue0.00

Overview

Hart and Moore are grave-robbers who provide cadavers to the medical students of 19th-century Edinburgh. When the supply becomes low and demand still great, the two decide to create their own supply, a plan that proves profitable when they stick to vagrants, prostitutes and drunkards. But when they poison likable Jamie, the townsfolk retaliate. NB: This film was originally written to be about Burke and Hare, but after it was completed, the British censors refused to allow its release on the grounds those names themselves were offensive; thus the entire soundtrack was recut so that new names - Hart and Moore - recorded by the film's actors, were cut into the previously recorded lines, replacing the offending "Burke" or "Hare", sentence by sentence.

  1. Oswald Mitchell

    Director

  2. Story

  3. John F. House

    Editor

  4. Gilbert Church

    Producer



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