The Body Snatcher (1957)
26/09/1957
Horror, Science Fiction
1h 20m
- 55% (11 votes)
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Overview
A detective and his cowboy friend team up to stop a mad scientist who is stealing the bodies of murdered wrestlers, and bringing them back to life while electronically replacing their minds with those of animals to make them stronger and live longer. Posing as a successful masked wrestler, the cowboy quickly attracts the attention of the scientist and his henchmen as their next experimental subject...
- Fernando MéndezDirector, Writer
- Alejandro VerbitzkyWriter
Original Title
Ladrón de cadáveres
Status
Released
Original Language
Spanish
Keywords
- mexico
- mad scientist
- police detective
- gym
- grave robber
- murder investigation
- sports arena
- mind transfer
- pro wrestling
- secret laboratory
- rampaging monster
- human monster
- lucha libre
Top Billed Cast
Wolf Ruvinskis
Guillermo Santana
Carlos Riquelme
The Mad Scientist, alias Don Panchito
Crox Alvarado
Capt. Carlos Robles
Columba Domínguez
Lucía
Eduardo Alcaraz
Police Chief
Yerye Beirute
Cosme Ramírez, first henchman
Ignacio Navarro
Second Henchman
Arturo Martínez
Felipe Dorantes, wrestling promoter
Alberto Catalá
Rubio, wrestling trainer
Guillermo Hernández
El Lobo negro
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