The Greed of William Hart (1953)

Audience Score
46
The Greed of William Hart
Hart and Moore are graverobbers who provide cadavers to the medical students of 19thcentury 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 films actors were cut into the previously recorded lines replacing the offending Burke or Hare sentence by sentence
DirectorOswald Mitchell

Movie Details

Theatrical Release:January 1st, 1953
Original Language:English
Production Companies:Ambassador Bushey Productions Gilbert Church Productions
Movie Tags:murder