The Greed of William Hart

The Greed of William Hart (1948)


  • Genre: Mystery, Horror
  • Release Date: 1948-03-01
  • User Rating: 4.9/10 from 5 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 20min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: Ambassador . . . Bushey Productions
  • Production Country: United Kingdom
  • Director: Oswald Mitchell
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Summary

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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  • 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
Directing Oswald Mitchell Director
Writing John Gilling Writer
Production Gilbert Church Producer
Editing John F. House Editor
Directing John Gilling Assistant Director
Sound Ken Wiles Sound

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