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Burke and Hare

A black comedy about two 19th-century grave robbers who find a lucrative business providing cadavers for an Edinburgh medical school.

Director

John Landis

Year

Genre

comedy, crime, history

Box Office

$4,833

Production

Quickfire Films,Ealing Studios,Fragile Films,Aegis Film Fund,Prescience

Awards

1 nomination

Homepage

https://www.fragilefilms.com/burke-and-hare-1

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Hangman

Doctor Robert Knox

Patterson

Doctor Monro

Patient

Charles

Christian Brassington

Mad Maggie

Gabrielle Downey

Magistrate

Stuart McQuarrie

William Burke

William Hare

Aggrieved Customer

Mike Goodenough

Lucky

Old Donald

Gravediggers' Bouncer

Fergus

David Schofield

Danny McTavish

Old Joseph

Christopher Lee

Captain Tam McLintoch

Private Fox

Sergeant Mackenzie

Reece Shearsmith

Mrs. McFie

Joyce Henderson

Ginny Hawkins

Mary

Pollyanna McIntosh

Emma

Hannah

Shelley Longworth

Nicola

Amanda Claire-Jones

Nicephore

McMartin's Doorman

Doctor Lister

Attendant

Lord Harrington

Hugh Bonneville

Distinguished Doctor

Ray Harryhausen

Distinguished Doctor

Distinguished Doctor

Distinguished Doctor

Distinguished Doctor

William Wordsworth

Samuel Coleridge

Gentleman Drunk

Paul Whitehouse

Gentlemen Passenger

Heart attack man

Barmaid

Old Woman

Janet Whiteside

Lucy

Miss Clarissa Windsor

Handsome Coachman

John Martin

Mrs. John Martin

Patricia Gibson-Howell

Medical Student

Michael Billington

Holyrood Footman

Stephen Merchant

Hollyrood Courtier

Lord Provost

Rabble Rouser

Nicephore's Girlfriend

French Family

French Family

Michèle Ray-Gavras

French Family

French Family

French Family

Greyfriars Bobby

Self

Peter, Medical Student & Suitor to Ginny Hawkins

Execution witness

Thug #1

Guðmundur Auðunsson

Man in Tavern

Macbeth Girl

Michelle Brooks

Cowboy

Christian Carroll

Doctor

Gioacchino Jim Cuffaro

Mad Mike

Kieran-Miguel Diego D'La Vega

Medical Student

Highland Soldier

Cowboy

Lee Nicholas Harris

Bar Patron

Tony Honickberg

Street child

Medical Student

Medical Student

Jamie Langlands

Hopeful

Charlotte Lowdell

Oyster Trader

Medical Student

Stage hand

Chris Mansfield

The Boil Man

Market Man

Michael McCarroll

Medical Student

Reporter

Tanner

Hamish

Doctor

Tavern Drinker

Barman

Medical Student

Policeman

Patron

Man in Tavern

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William Burke Old Joseph William Hare Hangman Doctor Monro Doctor Robert Knox Mcmartin's Doorman Nicephore Ginny Hawkins Fergus William Wordsworth Samuel Coleridge Patterson Lucky Lord Harrington Doctors Gentlemen Passenger

And I thought life round here was supposed to be cheap - Burke and Hare

And I thought life round here was supposed to be cheap

I'm sorry to disturb you Doctor - Burke and Hare

I'm sorry to disturb you Doctor

Six years in the Donegal Militia and I never got a scratch - Burke and Hare

Six years in the Donegal Militia and I never got a scratch

Are you all right Joseph - Burke and Hare

Are you all right Joseph

I remember - Burke and Hare

Forgive me Father - Burke and Hare

Forgive me Father

Er excusez moi You're not coming in wearing those - Burke and Hare

Er excusez moi You're not coming in wearing those

And your new students are they enjoying your lectures - Burke and Hare

And your new students are they enjoying your lectures

Whomsoever he determines has made the greatest advances - Burke and Hare

Whomsoever he determines has made the greatest advances

I played Agnes in Moli re's School For Wives - Burke and Hare

I played Agnes in Moli re's School For Wives

I'll not explain myself again Mr Wordsworth is already in the club - Burke and Hare

I'll not explain myself again Mr Wordsworth is already...

You know William I had confidence in a fart once - Burke and Hare

You know William I had confidence in a fart once

This man's untimely and premature death - Burke and Hare

This man's untimely and premature death

She is an actress not a whore - Burke and Hare

She is an actress not a whore

And uh what would be the good part - Burke and Hare

And uh what would be the good part

I know he seemed like a nice guy and all that - Burke and Hare

I know he seemed like a nice guy and all that

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A black comedy about two 19th-century grave robbers who find a lucrative business providing cadavers for an Edinburgh medical school.

User Rating: 0.0 (0 ratings)

Director: John Landis

Writer: Piers Ashworth, Nick Moorcroft

Production: Quickfire Films,Ealing Studios,Fragile Films,Aegis Film Fund,Prescience

Genre: comedy, crime, history

Year: 2010

MetaScore: 46/100

ImdbRating: 6.1

BoxOffice: $4,833

Released: 09 Sep 2011

Awards: 1 nomination

Homepage: https://www.fragilefilms.com/burke-and-hare-1

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