The Greed of William Hart (1948)
Synopsis
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.
Release Date: 1948-03-01
Runtime: 80 minutes
Director: Oswald Mitchell
Top Cast
- Tod Slaughter as William Hart
- Henry Oscar as Mr. Moore
- Jenny Lynn as Helen Moore
- Winifred Melville as Meg Hart
- Aubrey Woods as Jamie Wilson
- Patrick Addison as Hugh Alston
- Arnold Bell as Dr. Cox
- Anne Trego as Janet Brown
- Edward Malin as David Paterson
- Mary Love as Mary Paterson
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Original Music Composer(s): N/A
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