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Burke & Hare

Burke & Hare

Comedy · Thriller · History · 2010

Two 19th-century opportunists become serial killers so that they can maintain their profitable business supplying cadavers to an anatomist.

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Burke & Hare

“No Job Too Small. No Body Too Big. No Questions Asked.”

2010 Comedy · Thriller · History 1h 31m

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6.1 / 10

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Two 19th-century opportunists become serial killers so that they can maintain their profitable business supplying cadavers to an anatomist.

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

John Landis

Written by

Piers Ashworth · Nick Moorcroft

Simon Pegg

Simon Pegg

William Burke

Andy Serkis

Andy Serkis

William Hare

Isla Fisher

Isla Fisher

Ginny

Georgia King

Georgia King

Emma

Tom Wilkinson

Tom Wilkinson

Dr. Knox

Tim Curry

Tim Curry

Dr. Monroe

Christopher Lee

Christopher Lee

Old Joseph

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Put Burke & Hare on trial.

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The defence The Arthouse Gremlin

“Its refusal to behave is the point.”

The strange choices create the kind of friction that follows you out of the theatre and into the argument.

The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist

“Oddness is not depth.”

A film can break every rule and still leave nothing behind but the memory of how hard it tried to be singular.