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The Greed of William Hart | |
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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 | |
Distributed by | Ambassador Film Productions |
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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.