FLESH & THE FIENDS - DVD-EUROSHOCK COLLECTION

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• Release Year: 1960
• Genre: Horror
• Plot: Edinburgh, 1827. Irish immigrants Burke (George Rose) and Hare (Donald Pleasence) hit upon the idea of selling the bodies of the recently deceased to eminent surgeon Dr. Robert Knox (Peter Cushing). Dr. Knox, knowing that experimental vivisection is the only way for medicine to make progress, forms an uneasy alliance with the self-styled body snatchers. When Burke and Hares' supply of corpses begins to run out, they decide to speed the process along by murdering the poor and homeless. Men and women, old and young, everyone becomes a target for the deadly duo, but even as the body count rises, Knox turns a blind eye in their methods in order to further his research. But after one of his own medical students is murdered, Knox finds it difficult to remain impassive. With the public out for the killers' blood and the Medical Council out to disgrace him, Dr. Knox must use all of his skill and intelligence to preserve the dignity of his profession and to justify his controversial actions in the face of near-universal condemnation.; ; This special Double Feature DVD presents the original U.K. cut of 'The Flesh And The Fiends' in a brand-new widescreen transfer made directly from the film's camera negative. Also included is a widescreen edition of the fables 'Continental version' of the film with added scenes of nudity and violence shot for te more permissive European market.
• Cast: Peter Cushing, June Laverick, Donald Pleasence, George Rose, Renee Houston, Dermot Walsh, Billie Whitelaw, John Cairney, Melvyn Hayes, June Powell, Andrew Faulds, Philip Leaver, George Woodbridge, Garard Green, Esma Cannon, Geoffrey Tyrrell, George Bishop, Beckett Bould, George Street, Michael Balfour, Stephen Scott, Raf De La Torre, Jack McNaughton, Michael Mulcaster, John Rae, Steven Berkoff, Moris Farhi, Hazel Sutton, John Gilling
• Director: John Gilling
• Runtime: 1:34
• Company: Hemisphere entertainment, Independent International, Image Entertainment
• Media Format: Movie