The Greed of William Hart

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The Greed of William Hart
Theatrical Poster
Directed by	Oswald Mitchell
Written by	John Gilling
Produced by	Gilbert Church
Starring	Tod Slaughter Henry Oscar Jenny Lynn Aubrey Woods
Cinematography	D.P. Cooper S.D. Onions
Edited by	John F. House
Production company	Bushey Studios
Distributed by	Ambassador Film Productions
Release date	March 1948 (1948-03)
Running time	80 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

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.^[1] The film depicts two Edinburgh bodysnatchers closely modelled on the real Burke and Hare. However, neither the real Burke and Hare nor the characters of Moore and Hart in the film, actually did any bodysnatching, but murdered the people whose bodies they sold to Dr Knox.