Movie
The Doctor and the Devils
Overview
In Victorian England, graverobbers supply a wealthy doctor with bodies to research anatomy on, but greed causes them to seek an easier means of getting the job done.
Details
- Release date
- 1985-10-04
- Runtime
- 93 min
- Genres
- Horror, History
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Brooksfilms, 20th Century Fox
- Country
- United Kingdom, United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Timothy Dalton as Doctor Thomas Rock
- Jonathan Pryce as Robert Fallon
- Twiggy as Jennie Bailey
- Julian Sands as Dr. Murray
- Stephen Rea as Timothy Broom
- Phyllis Logan as Elizabeth Rock
- Patrick Stewart as Prof. Macklin
- Phil Davis as Billy Bedlam
- Philip Jackson as Andrew Merry-Lees
- Beryl Reid as Mrs. Flynn
- Siân Phillips as Annabella Rock
- Nichola McAuliffe as Alice
Crew
- Freddie Francis - Director
- Ronald Harwood - Writer
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