The Body Snatcher
(1945)
Production Company: RKO Radio Pictures, Inc.
Released: 1945; NY opening: week of 25 May 1945
Produced: 25 Oct--17 Nov 1944
Producer: Val Lewton
Director: Robert Wise
Writer: Philip MacDonald and Carlos Keith
A re-telling of the Robert Louis Stevenson short story centering on the relationship between a respected surgeon and the man who supplies him with dissection specimens.
The story is available from the wonderful Gaslight website which hosts hundreds of mystery, horror and adventure stories.
