The Greed of William Hart (1948)
1h 20m
Running Time
March 1, 1948Release Date
The Greed of William Hart (1948)
1h 20m
Running Time
March 1, 1948Release Date
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Plot.
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.
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Cast & Crew.
Tod Slaughter
Hart
Henry Oscar
Moore
Jenny Lynn
Helen Moore
Winifred Melville
Meg Hart
Oswald Mitchell
Director
John Gilling
Writer
Arnold Bell
Dr. Cox
Anne Trego
Janet Brown
Gilbert Church
Producer
Edward Malin
David Paterson
John F. House
Editor
Mary Love
Mary Paterson
Aubrey Woods
Jamie Wilson
Patrick Addison
Hugh Alston
Ken Wiles
Sound
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Wiki.
The Greed of William Hart is a 1948 British horror film directed by Oswald Mitchell and starring Tod Slaughter, Henry Oscar, Aubrey Woods, Patrick Addison, Jenny Lynn (star Tod Slaughter's real life wife), Winifred Melville and Arnold Bell. The film depicts two Edinburgh bodysnatchers closely modeled on the real Burke and Hare.