The Greed of William Hart

The Greed of William Hart by Oswald Mitchell

4.90

Hart and Moore are grave-robbers who provide cadavers to the medical students of 19th-century 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 film's actors, were cut into the previously recorded lines, replacing the offending "Burke" or "Hare", sentence by sentence.

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Cast

Tod Slaughter

Tod Slaughter as William Hart

Henry Oscar

Henry Oscar as Mr. Moore

Jenny Lynn

Jenny Lynn as Helen Moore

Winifred Melville

Winifred Melville as Meg Hart

Aubrey Woods

Aubrey Woods as Jamie Wilson

Patrick Addison

Patrick Addison as Hugh Alston

Arnold Bell

Arnold Bell as Dr. Cox

Anne Trego

Anne Trego as Janet Brown

Edward Malin

Edward Malin as David Paterson

Mary Love

Mary Love as Mary Paterson

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