Review of The Body Snatcher

The story of this movie is incredibly simple. We have doctor McFarlane who is more of a teacher of medical science than practicing doctor and than there cabbie Gray who is making much more money as a gravedigger for McFarlane. At one day a woman comes to see the doctor with her daughter who is suffering from a paralyzed back. The little girl can be cured by surgery but the doctor has no time and not the appropriate body parts to do so. Gray challenges the doctor to do the operation and even provides him with a fresh dead body. The conflict between the two men escalates, they cannot live with but not without each other either. When the doctor thinks he got rid of the annoying Gray and thinks he can continue his work without the cabbie he is in for a surprise and we as viewers are in for a great finale. Wonderful performances by Boris Karloff as Gray and Henry Daniell as MacFarlane. Other horror icon Bela Lugosi also has a small role.