morgue,murder,medical drama

The Greed of William Hart (1948)

Poster for The Greed of William Hart

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.

Cast & Crew

Director
Oswald Mitchell
  • Profile picture of Tod Slaughter
    William Hart Tod Slaughter
  • Profile picture of Henry Oscar
    Mr. Moore Henry Oscar
  • Profile picture of Aubrey Woods
    Jamie Wilson Aubrey Woods
  • Profile picture of Edward Malin
    David Paterson Edward Malin

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Keywords

  • morgue
  • murder
  • medical drama