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1972 Certificate 15
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Set in Edinburgh Burke (Nesbitt) & Hare (Edwards) embark on the profitable enterprise of supplying the dead bodies of lodgers from the poorhouse to the medical pioneer Dr Knox (Andrews). As the supply of corpses dries up and driven by their money grabbing wives the pair move onto murder in order to maintain their income. Dr. .. Read more

Starring Derren Nesbitt, Glynn Edwards, Harry Andrews
Director Vernon Sewell
Genres Drama

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    Aykroyd joins Burke & Hare film

    • 06 Nov 2009

    Dan Aykroyd has signed on to join Simon Pegg, Bill Nighy and former Dr. Who David Tennant in a new film about graverobbers William Burke and William Hare. Casting has yet to be finalised, but Pegg will play Burke in the John Landis movie. Burke and Hare earned notoriety in the 19th century for digging up the dead and selling off cadavers to medical schools. Read more

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    • Burke And Hare
      Set in Edinburgh Burke (Nesbitt) & Hare (Edwards) embark on the profitable enterprise of supplying the dead bodies of lodgers from the poorhouse to the medical pioneer Dr Knox (Andrews). As the supply of corpses dries up and driven by their money grabbing wives the pair move onto murder in order to ...