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.mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox vevent"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above summary" style="font-size: 125%; font-style: italic;">The Body Snatcher</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:The_Body_Snatcher_(1945_poster).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/The_Body_Snatcher_%281945_poster%29.jpg/220px-The_Body_Snatcher_%281945_poster%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="331" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/The_Body_Snatcher_%281945_poster%29.jpg/330px-The_Body_Snatcher_%281945_poster%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/The_Body_Snatcher_%281945_poster%29.jpg/440px-The_Body_Snatcher_%281945_poster%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1954" data-file-height="2937" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Theatrical release poster by <a href="/wiki/William_Rose_(illustrator)" title="William Rose (illustrator)">William Rose</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Directed by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Robert_Wise" title="Robert Wise">Robert Wise</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Screenplay by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Philip_MacDonald" title="Philip MacDonald">Philip MacDonald</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Val_Lewton" title="Val Lewton">Val Lewton</a> (credited as Carlos Keith)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Based on</th><td class="infobox-data">"<a href="/wiki/The_Body_Snatcher" title="The Body Snatcher">The Body Snatcher</a>"<br />an 1884 short story<br />by <a href="/wiki/Robert_Louis_Stevenson" title="Robert Louis Stevenson">Robert Louis Stevenson</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Produced by</th><td class="infobox-data">Val Lewton</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Starring</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Boris_Karloff" title="Boris Karloff">Boris Karloff</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Bela_Lugosi" title="Bela Lugosi">Bela Lugosi</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Henry_Daniell" title="Henry Daniell">Henry Daniell</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Edith_Atwater" title="Edith Atwater">Edith Atwater</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Russell_Wade" title="Russell Wade">Russell Wade</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Cinematography</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Robert_De_Grasse" title="Robert De Grasse">Robert De Grasse</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Edited by</th><td class="infobox-data">J.R. Whittredge</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Music by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Roy_Webb" title="Roy Webb">Roy Webb</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Production<br />company</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="vertical-align: middle;"><a href="/wiki/RKO_Radio_Pictures" class="mw-redirect" title="RKO Radio Pictures">RKO Radio Pictures</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Distributed by</th><td class="infobox-data">RKO Radio Pictures</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; white-space: normal;">Release date</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist film-date"> <ul><li>May 25, 1945<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1945-05-25</span>)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; white-space: normal;">Running time</div></th><td class="infobox-data">78 minutes</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Country</th><td class="infobox-data">United States</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Language</th><td class="infobox-data">English</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><i><b>The Body Snatcher</b></i> is a 1945 American <a href="/wiki/Horror_film" title="Horror film">horror film</a> directed by <a href="/wiki/Robert_Wise" title="Robert Wise">Robert Wise</a>, based on the 1884 <a href="/wiki/The_Body_Snatcher" title="The Body Snatcher">short story of the same name</a> by <a href="/wiki/Robert_Louis_Stevenson" title="Robert Louis Stevenson">Robert Louis Stevenson</a>. <a href="/wiki/Philip_MacDonald" title="Philip MacDonald">Philip MacDonald</a> adapted the story for the screen, and producer <a href="/wiki/Val_Lewton" title="Val Lewton">Val Lewton</a>, credited as "Carlos Keith", modified MacDonald's screenplay. The film stars <a href="/wiki/Boris_Karloff" title="Boris Karloff">Boris Karloff</a> as John Gray, a cab driver who moonlights as a <a href="/wiki/Grave_robber" class="mw-redirect" title="Grave robber">grave robber</a>, and later murderer, to illegally supply Dr. MacFarlane (played by <a href="/wiki/Henry_Daniell" title="Henry Daniell">Henry Daniell</a>) with cadavers for his classes, and makes mention of <a href="/wiki/Burke_and_Hare_murders#William_Burke_and_William_Hare" title="Burke and Hare murders">Burke</a>, <a href="/wiki/Burke_and_Hare_murders#William_Burke_and_William_Hare" title="Burke and Hare murders">Hare</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Robert_Knox_(surgeon)" title="Robert Knox (surgeon)">Dr. Knox</a>, in reference to the <a href="/wiki/West_Port_murders" class="mw-redirect" title="West Port murders">West Port murders</a> of 1828.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Alongside Karloff and Daniell, the film's cast includes <a href="/wiki/Russell_Wade" title="Russell Wade">Russell Wade</a>, <a href="/wiki/Edith_Atwater" title="Edith Atwater">Edith Atwater</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Bela_Lugosi" title="Bela Lugosi">Bela Lugosi</a>. It was the last film in which both Karloff and Lugosi appeared.<sup id="cite_ref-Hoberman_2018_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hoberman_2018-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Plot">Plot</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Body_Snatcher_(1945_film)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Plot"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In Edinburgh in 1831, Mrs. Marsh brings her <a href="/wiki/Paraplegic" class="mw-redirect" title="Paraplegic">paraplegic</a> daughter, Georgina, to see Dr. Wolfe MacFarlane at his home, where he has an office and an anatomy school. MacFarlane discovers a tumor pressing on Georgina's <a href="/wiki/Spinal_cord" title="Spinal cord">spinal cord</a>, but insists he cannot perform the delicate operation to remove it because he is too busy teaching. After the Marshes leave, Donald Fettes tells MacFarlane that he cannot afford to continue his studies, so the doctor hires Fettes as his assistant. </p><p>Fettes moves into MacFarlane's house. He is awakened one night when John Gray, a cab driver and <a href="/wiki/Body_snatching" title="Body snatching">body snatcher</a>, delivers a corpse for MacFarlane's students to dissect. Although he says he would rather quit medicine than be involved with such ghoulish business, MacFarlane convinces Fettes of the importance of the work and that, due to restrictions upon which corpses can legally be used for dissection, medical schools must work with men like Gray. </p><p>At a <a href="/wiki/Pub" title="Pub">pub</a>, Gray, who calls MacFarlane "Toddy", gets MacFarlane to begrudgingly buy him a drink, telling Fettes he is an old friend. Fettes asks MacFarlane to reconsider operating on Georgina, and Gray seems to convince MacFarlane by making a threatening reference to "some private reasons" between them. When MacFarlane later tells Fettes that he does not really intend to help Georgina, as he does not have a <a href="/wiki/Cadaver" title="Cadaver">cadaver</a> to study, Fettes goes to Gray and asks him to procure another corpse. As guards have been posted at the cemeteries because he killed a dog during the last body-snatching, instead of digging someone up, Gray murders a young street singer. </p><p>Recognizing the singer, who he had seen alive after he left Gray, Fettes tells MacFarlane that Gray must have killed her. He wants to contact the police, but MacFarlane cautions him that, if a crime was committed, he would be an accomplice, and Fettes helps get the body ready for the students. The conversation is overheard by Joseph, the janitor at MacFarlane's school. </p><p>MacFarlane performs Georgina's operation, and she recovers well, but still cannot walk. Frustrated, MacFarlane gets drunk at the pub, where Gray torments him by saying his studies with <a href="/wiki/Robert_Knox_(surgeon)" title="Robert Knox (surgeon)">Dr. Knox</a> taught him about dead bodies, not how to heal people. When Gray reminds MacFarlane that he helped keep the doctor from becoming involved in the trial of <a href="/wiki/Burke_and_Hare_murders" title="Burke and Hare murders">Burke and Hare</a>, MacFarlane tells Gray that he is no longer afraid and demands Gray leave him alone. </p><p>Joseph visits Gray to blackmail him about the murder of the street singer, and Gray acts agreeable, before smothering Joseph to death. Gray delivers the body to MacFarlane as a "gift", and, when MacFarlane finds it, he tells Fettes to prepare Joseph for dissection and goes to deal with Gray. Fettes feels trapped, but Meg Cameron, MacFarlane's housekeeper and secret wife, tells Fettes about MacFarlane's past and convinces him to leave. </p><p>MacFarlane tries to bribe Gray to stop tormenting him, but Gray rejects the offer, saying he enjoys having a great man under his thumb. Enraged, MacFarlane beats Gray to death. He tells Meg that he is finally rid of Gray, but she has doubts. </p><p>The next day, Fettes sees Georgina stand up. He rushes to tell MacFarlane, but Meg says the doctor is in <a href="/wiki/Penicuik" title="Penicuik">Penicuik</a>, where he went to sell Gray's horse and cab after using the body for dissection. Fettes takes MacFarlane's carriage and gives MacFarlane the news in a tavern. A group of mourners enter, and MacFarlane, his spirits high, decides to dig up their relative's body so he can teach his students to perform "miracles". </p><p>Fettes and MacFarlane seat the unearthed corpse, wrapped in a tarp, between them in MacFarlane's carriage. As they drive through the dark and the heavy rain, MacFarlane begins to hear Gray taunting him. He stops and orders Fettes to get down and shine a lamp on the body, and when he uncovers the head, he sees Gray's face. The horse bolts, leaving Fettes behind, and MacFarlane struggles with Gray's corpse, which seems to be trying to grasp him. After separating from the horse, the carriage tumbles down a steep hill. When Fettes reaches the wreck, he finds MacFarlane's dead body next to the corpse of the woman he and MacFarlane dug up.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Cast">Cast</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Body_Snatcher_(1945_film)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Cast"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Boris_Karloff" title="Boris Karloff">Boris Karloff</a> as Cabman John Gray</li> <li><a href="/wiki/B%C3%A9la_Lugosi" class="mw-redirect" title="Béla Lugosi">Béla Lugosi</a> as Joseph</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Daniell" title="Henry Daniell">Henry Daniell</a> as Dr. Wolfe "Toddy" MacFarlane</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edith_Atwater" title="Edith Atwater">Edith Atwater</a> as Meg Camden</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russell_Wade" title="Russell Wade">Russell Wade</a> as Donald Fettes</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rita_Corday" title="Rita Corday">Rita Corday</a> as Mrs. Marsh</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sharyn_Moffett" title="Sharyn Moffett">Sharyn Moffett</a> as Georgina Marsh</li> <li>Donna Lee as the Street Singer</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Production">Production</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Body_Snatcher_(1945_film)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Production"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Development">Development</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Body_Snatcher_(1945_film)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Development"><span>edit</span></a><span 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(1945) and <i><a href="/wiki/Bedlam_(1946_film)" title="Bedlam (1946 film)">Bedlam</a></i> (1946). In a 1946 interview with Louis Berg of the <i><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Times" title="Los Angeles Times">Los Angeles Times</a></i>, Karloff discussed his reasons for leaving <a href="/wiki/Universal_Pictures" title="Universal Pictures">Universal Pictures</a> and working with Lewton. He said that, while his appearance in Universal's <i><a href="/wiki/Frankenstein_(1931_film)" title="Frankenstein (1931 film)">Frankenstein</a></i> in 1931 had made him a star, he felt the franchise had run its course, calling the most recent installment, <i><a href="/wiki/House_of_Frankenstein_(1944_film)" class="mw-redirect" title="House of Frankenstein (1944 film)">House of Frankenstein</a></i> (1944), a "monster clambake", as it featured <a href="/wiki/Frankenstein%27s_monster" title="Frankenstein's monster">Frankenstein's monster</a>, <a href="/wiki/Count_Dracula" title="Count Dracula">Count Dracula</a>, <a href="/wiki/Larry_Talbot" title="Larry Talbot">the Wolf Man</a>, and a hunchback. Though the film performed well at the box office, Karloff found it ridiculous and decided not to renew his contract, crediting Lewton as "the man who rescued him from the living dead and restored, so to speak, his soul".<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Lewton had British screenwriter <a href="/wiki/Philip_MacDonald" title="Philip MacDonald">Philip MacDonald</a> adapt <a href="/wiki/Robert_Louis_Stevenson" title="Robert Louis Stevenson">Robert Louis Stevenson</a>'s 1884 short story "<a href="/wiki/The_Body_Snatcher" title="The Body Snatcher">The Body Snatcher</a>" for the screen, enlarging the role to be played by Karloff. Lewton also worked on the screenplay, writing under the pen name of "Carlos Keith". When it was suggested that the casting of <a href="/wiki/Bela_Lugosi" title="Bela Lugosi">Bela Lugosi</a> might add marquee value to the film, he signed a deal with RKO, and Lewton and MacDonald wrote the small role of Joseph for him. <i>The Body Snatcher</i> was the last film to feature both Karloff and Lugosi. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Robert_Wise" title="Robert Wise">Robert Wise</a>, a longtime film editor at RKO, was assigned to direct the film. He had previously worked with Lewton as the replacement director of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Curse_of_the_Cat_People" title="The Curse of the Cat People">The Curse of the Cat People</a></i> (1944), which had fallen behind schedule, and the director of <i><a href="/wiki/Mademoiselle_Fifi_(film)" title="Mademoiselle Fifi (film)">Mademoiselle Fifi</a></i> (1944).<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Filming">Filming</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Body_Snatcher_(1945_film)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Filming"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Principal_photography" title="Principal photography">Principal photography</a> for the film took place between October 25 and November 17, 1944. During filming, there was tension between Lewton and executive producer <a href="/wiki/Jack_J._Gross" title="Jack J. Gross">Jack J. Gross</a>, who sent Lewton into production with what Lewton felt was a small budget.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Release">Release</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Body_Snatcher_(1945_film)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Release"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Theatrical_release">Theatrical release</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Body_Snatcher_(1945_film)&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Theatrical release"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Monstrous_Marquee_-_Body_Snatcher,_The_-_RKO_-_St._Louis,_MS_-_2-14-1945.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Monstrous_Marquee_-_Body_Snatcher%2C_The_-_RKO_-_St._Louis%2C_MS_-_2-14-1945.jpg/220px-Monstrous_Marquee_-_Body_Snatcher%2C_The_-_RKO_-_St._Louis%2C_MS_-_2-14-1945.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="190" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Monstrous_Marquee_-_Body_Snatcher%2C_The_-_RKO_-_St._Louis%2C_MS_-_2-14-1945.jpg/330px-Monstrous_Marquee_-_Body_Snatcher%2C_The_-_RKO_-_St._Louis%2C_MS_-_2-14-1945.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Monstrous_Marquee_-_Body_Snatcher%2C_The_-_RKO_-_St._Louis%2C_MS_-_2-14-1945.jpg/440px-Monstrous_Marquee_-_Body_Snatcher%2C_The_-_RKO_-_St._Louis%2C_MS_-_2-14-1945.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1599" data-file-height="1384" /></a><figcaption>The premiere of <i>The Body Snatcher</i> in <a href="/wiki/St._Louis,_Missouri" class="mw-redirect" title="St. Louis, Missouri">St. Louis, Missouri</a>, on February 14, 1945</figcaption></figure> <p>The film premiered at the Missouri Theater in <a href="/wiki/St._Louis,_Missouri" class="mw-redirect" title="St. Louis, Missouri">St. Louis, Missouri</a>, on the night of February 14, 1945.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMank2017513_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMank2017513-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The premiere event included a horse-drawn hearse outside the theater loaded with dummy cadavers, and, as it was <a href="/wiki/Valentine%27s_Day" title="Valentine's Day">Valentine's Day</a>, RKO distributed Valentine's cards featuring Karloff and Lugosi with the phrase: "Please Give Me a Piece of Your Heart".<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMank2017514_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMank2017514-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After the screening, there was a live <a href="/wiki/Spook_show" class="mw-redirect" title="Spook show">spook show</a> hosted by <a href="/wiki/Stage_magician" class="mw-redirect" title="Stage magician">stage magician</a> Dr. Neff.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMank2017513–514_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMank2017513–514-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On May 10, 1945, the film opened at the Hawaii Theatre in <a href="/wiki/Hollywood,_California" class="mw-redirect" title="Hollywood, California">Hollywood, California</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMank2017515_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMank2017515-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A grave-robbing display was placed in the lobby, and the film was preceded by a live prologue on stage by actor Eric Jason, who sought a live patron to place into a coffin.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMank2017515_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMank2017515-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The screening of <i>The Body Snatcher</i> was followed by the screening of another RKO-produced film, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Brighton_Strangler" title="The Brighton Strangler">The Brighton Strangler</a></i> (1945).<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMank2017515_10-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMank2017515-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The film opened at the <a href="/wiki/Rialto,_Manhattan" class="mw-redirect" title="Rialto, Manhattan">Rialto</a> on <a href="/wiki/Broadway_theatre" title="Broadway theatre">Broadway</a> in <a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a> on May 25, 1945.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMank2017513–515_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMank2017513–515-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Censorship">Censorship</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Body_Snatcher_(1945_film)&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Censorship"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On May 14, 1945, RKO executive Sid Kramer informed RKO that the film had been "condemned in its entirety by the city of Chicago and the state of Ohio, but with certain eliminations to be made, an adult permit at least will be forthcoming for Chicago. As for Ohio, a cut version of the picture has to be submitted for further consideration."<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMank2017515_10-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMank2017515-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The film required cuts not only in Ohio, but also New York, Kansas, and Pennsylvania. In England, censors removed the sequence featuring Gray's apparition towards the end of the film.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMank2017515_10-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMank2017515-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Additionally, the film was initially banned in <a href="/wiki/British_Columbia" title="British Columbia">British Columbia</a>, but it was passed after an appeal.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMank2017515_10-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMank2017515-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Catholic <a href="/wiki/National_Legion_of_Decency" title="National Legion of Decency">National Legion of Decency</a> gave the film a <a href="/wiki/National_Legion_of_Decency#Rating_system" title="National Legion of Decency">"B" rating</a>, deeming it "morally objectionable in part" due to "excessive gruesomeness".<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMank2017515_10-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMank2017515-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> About this rating, Kramer stated: "I feel there is too much unanimity of opinion on the part of the people in the Legion about this picture to secure any better classification than the present one."<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMank2017515_10-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMank2017515-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Reception">Reception</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Body_Snatcher_(1945_film)&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Reception"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Box_office">Box office</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Body_Snatcher_(1945_film)&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Box office"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>The Body Snatcher</i> was a commercial success, grossing $317,000 domestically and $230,000 internationally, for a total of $547,000 and a profit of $118,000.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMank2017516_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMank2017516-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Critical_response">Critical response</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Body_Snatcher_(1945_film)&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Critical response"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Upon its release, John McManus of the <i>New York PM Reviews</i> commended Karloff's performance and wrote that "<i>The Body Snatcher</i> inherits class from its <a href="/wiki/Robert_Louis_Stevenson" title="Robert Louis Stevenson">Robert Louis Stevenson</a> parentage; it has the distinction, like many an ancient and honorable British ballad, of being a shocker with an edifying background of fact; [...] <i>The Body Snatcher</i>, if you are one for well-told legends, for balladry or just for shockers by preference, is something you won't want to miss."<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMank2017516_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMank2017516-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A reviewer writing for the <i><a href="/wiki/New_York_Herald_Tribune" title="New York Herald Tribune">New York Herald Tribune</a></i> wrote that Karloff "proves that with capable direction and script to work with he can be a real menace instead of a mere monster."<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMank2017516_12-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMank2017516-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A reviewer for <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a></i> wrote that the film captivated the audience at its Rialto premiere "with nary a werewolf or vampire! But then, with Karloff on the prowl, what chance would a bloodthirsty hobgoblin stand?"<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMank2017516_12-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMank2017516-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Actor <a href="/wiki/Russell_Wade" title="Russell Wade">Russell Wade</a>, recalling the premiere screening at Hollywood's Hawaii Theatre, stated: "It was a real 'audience picture'. Some of those scenes [...] such as the sudden snort of the horse, and Karloff's murder of the street singer – got tremendous audience reaction."<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMank2017515_10-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMank2017515-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A reporter for <i>The Hollywood Citizen News</i> wrote of the audience reaction to the moments of dark humor in the film, noting a scene in which MacFarlane tells Gray, "You know something about the human body" (to which Gray replies, "I've had some experience!") as having "brought down the house!"<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMank2017515_10-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMank2017515-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On the <a href="/wiki/Review_aggregator" title="Review aggregator">review aggregator</a> website <a href="/wiki/Rotten_Tomatoes" title="Rotten Tomatoes">Rotten Tomatoes</a>, the film holds an approval rating of 86% based on <span class="nowrap">21 reviews</span>, with an average score of 7/10.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2018, <a href="/wiki/J._Hoberman" title="J. Hoberman">J. Hoberman</a> of <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a></i> referred to Karloff's role in the film as "a sensationally creepy performance – at once vicious and obsequious".<sup id="cite_ref-Hoberman_2018_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hoberman_2018-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Home_media">Home media</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Body_Snatcher_(1945_film)&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Home media"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The film was first released on Region 1 <a href="/wiki/DVD" title="DVD">DVD</a> by <a href="/wiki/Warner_Home_Video" class="mw-redirect" title="Warner Home Video">Warner Home Video</a> in 2005 as part of "The Val Lewton Horror Collection", a 9-film box set, on the same disc as <i><a href="/wiki/I_Walked_with_a_Zombie" title="I Walked with a Zombie">I Walked with a Zombie</a></i> (1943). A <a href="/wiki/Blu-ray" title="Blu-ray">Blu-ray</a> edition was released by <a href="/wiki/Shout!_Factory" class="mw-redirect" title="Shout! Factory">Shout! Factory</a> in March 2019, featuring a <a href="/wiki/4K_resolution" title="4K resolution">4K</a> scan of the original camera negative. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Body_Snatcher_(1945_film)&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Boris_Karloff_filmography" title="Boris Karloff filmography">Boris Karloff filmography</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bela_Lugosi_filmography" title="Bela Lugosi filmography">Bela Lugosi filmography</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Body_Snatcher_(1945_film)&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">John C. 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