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The Greed of William Hart

  • 1948
  • 1 Std. 20 Min.
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5,1/10
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The Greed of William Hart (1948)
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Füge eine Handlung in deiner Sprache hinzuA story of body snatchers in Edinburgh, based on Burke and Hare.A story of body snatchers in Edinburgh, based on Burke and Hare.A story of body snatchers in Edinburgh, based on Burke and Hare.

  • Regie
    • Oswald Mitchell
  • Drehbuch
    • John Gilling
  • Hauptbesetzung
    • Tod Slaughter
    • Henry Oscar
    • Jenny Lynn
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    5,1/10
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    • Regie
      • Oswald Mitchell
    • Drehbuch
      • John Gilling
    • Hauptbesetzung
      • Tod Slaughter
      • Henry Oscar
      • Jenny Lynn
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    Tod Slaughter
    Tod Slaughter
    • Hart
    Henry Oscar
    Henry Oscar
    • Moore
    Jenny Lynn
    • Helen Moore
    Winifred Melville
    • Meg Hart
    Aubrey Woods
    • Jamie Wilson
    Patrick Addison
    • Hugh Alston
    Arnold Bell
    • Dr. Cox
    Mary Love
    • Mary Paterson
    Anne Trego
    • Janet Brown
    • (as Ann Trego)
    Edward Malin
    • David Paterson
    Hubert Woodward
    • Swanson
    Dennis Wyndham
    Dennis Wyndham
    • Police Sgt. Fisher
    • (as Denis Wyndham)
    Hal Osmond
    Hal Osmond
    • Hospital Porter
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    • Regie
      • Oswald Mitchell
    • Drehbuch
      • John Gilling
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    Greed of William Hart, The (1948)

    * 1/2 (out of 4)

    Tod Slaughter, Britain's biggest horror star, makes one of his final appearances in this film also known as Horror Maniacs. The history behind the film is actually a lot more interesting than the film itself. This was originally called The Crimes of Burke and Hare with those two names used in the film. However, the British censors objected and a relative of Hare threatened to sue so they had to dub the names, which cost so much money that the producer's couldn't afford a music score. As for the film, it's a pretty dull take on the Burke and Hare story with Slaughter very dry up until the end when he goes so over the top that you can't help but laugh. Clearly this was meant to challenge The Body Snatcher but doesn't come close.
    6BaronBl00d

    Simply Slaughter

    Under an hour in length, this film about two bodysnatchers named Wally Hart and Mr. Moore(obviously meant to be Burke and Hare)showcases the immense talent of British ham Tod Slaughter, one of the truly forgotten kings of horror. It is weak in plot development, and it has little action, but the film does a good job creating the atmosphere of the poor and wicked in Edinburgh during a time when bodies were needed for medical use. A lot more could have been done with the film, but taken as it is, it is entertaining just as a vehicle in which to see Tod Slaughter cackle and gesture about. It is not Slaughter's best, however, but he does have moments as an amoral ressurectionist who kills for money with no compunction or moral barrier at all. The rest of the cast is average at best, and the film suffers from a very evident low budget. This was one of Slaughter's last "big" films. It is a shame that he was never given a budget for a film that would have made him more popular with audiences today. So few people have seen his films, and this film seems to be somewhat obscure. I recommend the film based on his presence(not performance).
    todmichel

    the correct running time

    This film is not at all "under one hour of running time", I suspect that some US video collectors saw only a cut version. The original running time - in Great-Britain - was 79 mins (7005 feet). It was released in the USA (as "Horror Maniacs") in the early Fifties, as part of a double-bill with another Tod Slaughter film ("The Curse of the Wraydons", renamed "Strangler's Morgue"), cut to 72 mins. And more recently, an American video company "offered" a totally butchered version, reduced to 53 mins!

    Happily enough, the complete 79 mins version is now available from some video companies.
    5richardchatten

    All Knowledge Must Be Paid For...

    Atmospherically lit but studio-bound and talky. Having made several Old Mother Riley films with Arthur Lucan, Tod Slaughter must by comparison have seemed to director Oswald Mitchell like a Method actor; and although he cackles diabolically a couple of times his performance actually seems rather subdued set beside his thirties villains and Robert Newton's Bill Sykes the same year.

    Aubrey Woods as poor 'Daft Jamie' came fresh from playing Smike the previous year in Cavalcanti's 'Nicholas Nickleby'; while it would be another twenty years before Eddie Malin became a familiar face on TV as Walter Tattersall in 'Nearest and Dearest'.
    7S1rr34l

    Murder Never Paid So Good!!!

    This dark thriller was a nice surprise. I'd not seen this before so when it appeared on telly, thanks to the Talking Pictures channel, I took the chance on it as the premise interested me. Based on the nefarious Burke and Hare this tells the story of William Hart (Slaughter) and Mr Moore (Oscar) and their dealings with Dr Cox (Bell), for whom they procure cadavers for. However, the doctor has a need for younger and fresher bodies so, greedy for money, Hart and Moore comply with the doctor's wishes... by turning murderous...

    There's a lot which is good about this film. I liked the way the director, Mitchell, opted for a more realistic feel. The streets of Edinburgh are close and tight. People pretty much lived in each other's pockets in that era. Mitchell, then adds eeriness by adding fog and shadows. It's also nice to see the size of the living quarters that the common folk were subjected to. Hart runs a rooming house, in which there are just two rooms downstairs, a living room and a kitchen. The living room is sparse, containing a table and chairs and a bed, where he and his wife sleep. Upstairs is for their guests. Life is hard so it's no wonder you do what you have to just to survive. A hard life can make for hard men and both Hart and Moore have no compunctions about beating their wives into sublimation. Moore's wife is so under the fist she's only too happy to squeal on Hart's wife, so she can take what's coming to her.

    This builds up a bleak overlook to the film. So enter Aubrey Woods portraying the simpleton Jamie Wilson. This character is there not only to lift the film with a comedic element but is also the crux and pivotal role of the movie. This was a good idea by the writer, Gilling, and the director. Woods excels as Jamie and has some of the best lines in the film. It's also nice because he is a breath of fresh air amongst the plethora of melodramatic actors, which can become a little too heavy at times when they deliver their lines - and this is probably the only drawback to the film. Though, for the times, the acting is good to fair.

    If you like your dark thrillers then I would recommend you check this out, should you get the chance.

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      The script was originally written and filmed as a tale of William Burke and William Hare, real-life partners in the selling to medical schools of cadavers they obtained by both murder and grave-robbing (Burke was hanged in 1829; Hare avoided this fate by testifying against him). However, the British censors refused to allow the film's release because of national sensitivities toward the infamous "resurrectionists." Therefore, to get the film out, the producers had to re-record the soundtrack, replacing the names of Burke with Hart, Hare with Moore, and Dr. Knox with Dr. Cox. The new names were then meticulously cut into the original soundtrack: one can easily lip-read "Burke", "Hare" and "Knox" as applicable, however. Due to the cost of this activity, there was no money left for a music track.
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      Names of some characters dubbed (see trivia entry.)
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      Features The Aryan (1916)

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    • Erscheinungsdatum
      • 17. Mai 1948 (Vereinigtes Königreich)
    • Herkunftsland
      • Vereinigtes Königreich
    • Sprache
      • Englisch
    • Auch bekannt als
      • Horror Maniacs
    • Drehorte
      • Bushey Studios, Bushey, Hertfordshire, England, Vereinigtes Königreich
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      • Ambassador . . . Bushey Productions
      • Gilbert Church Productions
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