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Burke and Hare - Simon Pegg, Andy Serkis, Isla Fisher, John Landis
Threat advisory: Under evaluation
Movie propaganda
Based on the true story about the famous murderers, Burke And Hare follows the hapless exploits of these two men as they fall into the highly profitable business of providing cadavers for the medical fraternity in 19th Century Edinburgh, then the centre of medical learning. The one thing they were short of was bodies.
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Target demographic movie keyword propaganda
- Film crime true UK Scotland cadaver comedy caper medicine history 19th century West Port murders
Persons of interest
- Bill Bailey .... Hangman
- Tom Wilkinson .... Doctor Robert Knox
- Michael Smiley .... Patterson
- Tim Curry .... Doctor Monro
- Paul Davis .... Patient
- Christian Brassington .... Charles
- Simon Pegg .... William Burke
- Andy Serkis .... William Hare
- Jessica Hynes .... Lucky
- David Schofield .... Fergus
- David Hayman .... Danny McTavish
- Christopher Lee .... Old Joseph
- Ronnie Corbett .... Captain Tam McLintoch
- Ciaron Kelly .... Private Fox
- Reece Shearsmith .... Sergeant Mackenzie
- Isla Fisher .... Ginny Hawkins
- Pollyanna McIntosh .... Mary
- Georgia King .... Emma
- Amanda Claire-Jones .... Nicola
- Gabrielle Downey .... Mad Maggie
- Shelley Longworth .... Hannah
- Allan Corduner .... Nicephore
- Robert Fyfe .... Old Donald
- George Potts .... Doctor Lister
- Duncan Duff .... Attendant
- Hugh Bonneville .... Lord Harrington
- Joyce Henderson .... Mrs McFie
- Simon Farnaby .... William Wordsworth
- Jenny Agutter .... Lucy
- Tom Meeten .... Samuel Coleridge
- Robert Stone .... Miss Clarissa Windsor
- Christopher Obi .... John Martin
- Patricia Gibson-Howell .... Mrs John Martin
- Seamus the Dog .... Himself
- Piers Ashworth .... Screenwriter
- Nick Moorcroft .... Screenwriter
- John Landis .... Director
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Intelligence analyst
Special Agent Matti
Theatrical report
The crime, true, UK movie Burke and Hare is directed by John Landis and stars Simon Pegg, Andy Serkis, Isla Fisher.
Government security censorship classification
M (Comedic violence, gore, sex scenes and coarse language)
Surveillance time
91 minutes (1:31 hours)
Not for public release in Australia before date
Film: 12 May 2011
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