| Release Date: | May 1945 |
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| Genres: | Thriller / Horror / Drama |
| Awards: | 2 nominations |
| Runtime: | 77 min |
| Cast: | Boris Karloff (Cabman John Gray), Bela Lugosi (Joseph), Henry Daniell (Dr. Wolfe 'Toddy' MacFarlane) Edith Atwater (Meg Camden) Russell Wade (Donald Fettes) Rita Corday (Mrs. Marsh) Sharyn Moffett (Georgina Marsh) Donna Lee (Street singer) Ted Billings (Townsman (uncredited)) Bobby Burns (Mourner (uncredited)) Robert Clarke (Richardson (uncredited)) Aina Constant (Maidservant (uncredited)) Mary Gordon (Mrs. Mary McBride (uncredited)) Carl Kent (Gilchrist (uncredited)) Milton Kibbee (Dan (uncredited)) Ethan Laidlaw (Pub patron (uncredited)) Jim Moran (Angus, the horse trader (uncredited)) Jack Welch (Boy (uncredited)) Larry Wheat (Salesman (uncredited)) Bill Williams (Service (uncredited)) |
In Edinburgh, renowned surgeon and now teacher of anatomy Dr. MacFarlane, has been paying John Gray, a cabman, to clandestinely bring him exhumed bodies of the recently deceased for classroom demonstration purposes. With cemeteries being increasingly guarded, Gray turns to murder to provide MacFarlane with fresh bodies. Realizing that he will never be rid of Gray, who constantly taunts him with his knowledge of MacFarland's past indiscretions, MacFarlane engages the malevolent Gray in a hand-to-hand fight to the death, the ultimate results of which provide the victor with an episode of unprecedented psychological horror.
