The Flesh and the Fiends [Blu-ray]

Overview

Mania is the venerable Burke and Hare story, previously cinematized by producer Val Lewton as The Body Snatcher. Peter Cushing plays a respectable 19th-century Edinburgh doctor who needs fresh cadavers in order to continue his crucial research. Since the exhuming of bodies for medical purposes is illegal, Lee must rely upon grave-robbers George Rose and Donald Pleasance for his corpse supply. What Lee doesn't know is that Rose and Pleasance frequently cut out the middleman by "creating" their own corpses. The good doctor catches on when the latest cadaver turns out to be his own fiancee. Its excessively violent climax has prevented Mania from being shown completely intact on commercial television.

Product Details

Release Date:	07/07/2020
UPC:	0738329245467
Original Release:	1960
Rating:	NR
Source:	Kl Studio Classics
Region Code:	A
Presentation:	[B&W]
Language:	English
Time:	1:35:00
Sales rank:	7,572

Special Features

Audio Commentary by Film Historian Tim Lucas; Includes alternate cut The Fiendish Ghouls aka Mania; Trailers

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Peter Cushing	Dr. Robert Knox
June Laverick	Martha Knox
Donald Pleasence	William Hare
George Rose	William Burke
Dermot Walsh	Dr. Geoffrey Mitchell
Renee Houston	Helen Burke
Billie Whitelaw	Mary Patterson
John Cairney	Chris Jackson
Melvyn Hayes	Daft Jamie
June Powell	Maggie O'Hara
Geoffrey Tyrrell	Old Davey
Beckett Bould	Old Angus
George Bishop	Blind Man
Philip Leaver	Dr. Elliott
George Woodbridge	Dr. Ferguson
John Rae	Rev. Lincoln
Andrew Faulds	Inspector McCulloch
Esma Cannon	Aggie
Raf De La Torre	Baxter
Michael Balfour	Drunken Sailor
George Street	Barman
Michael Mulcaster	Undertaker
Jack McNaughton	Stallholder

Technical Credits

Robert S. Baker	Producer
Monty Berman	Producer
John Gilling	Director