Burke and Hare

Year:

2011

Duration:

91 min

Genres:

Comedy | Thriller

IMDB rate:

6.2

Director:

John Landis

Details

Country: UK

Release Date: 2011-09-09

Filming Locations: Dashwood Mausoleum, West Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England, UK

Earnings

Budget: $10,000,000

Opening Weekend: $947 (USA) (11 September 2011)

Gross: $4,833 (USA) (15 September 2011)

Cast

Actor

Character

Duncan Duff

Bill Bailey

Hangman

Tom Wilkinson

Doctor Robert Knox

Michael Smiley

Patterson

Tim Curry

Doctor Monro

Paul Davis

Patient

Christian Brassington

Charles

Gabrielle Downey

Mad Maggie

Stuart McQuarrie

Magistrate

Simon Pegg

William Burke

Andy Serkis

William Hare

Mike Goodenough

Aggrieved Customer

Jessica Hynes

Lucky

Robert Fyfe

Old Donald

Robert Willox

Gravediggers' Bouncer

David Schofield

Fergus

David Hayman

Danny McTavish

Christopher Lee

Old Joseph

Ronnie Corbett

Captain Tam McLintoch

Ciaron Kelly

Private Fox

Reece Shearsmith

Sergeant Mackenzie

Joyce Henderson

Mrs. McFie

Isla Fisher

Ginny Hawkins

Pollyanna McIntosh

Mary

Georgia King

Emma

Amanda Claire-Jones

Nicola (as Amanda Claire)

Shelley Longworth

Hannah

Allan Corduner

Nicephore

Steve Speirs

McMartin's Doorman

George Potts

Doctor Lister

Hugh Bonneville

Lord Harrington

Ray Harryhausen

Distinguished Doctor

Alan Munroe

Distinguished Doctor (as Sir Alan Munroe)

John Gaynor

Distinguished Doctor (as Dr. John Gaynor)

Michael Wilson

Distinguished Doctor

Robert Paynter

Distinguished Doctor

Simon Farnaby

William Wordsworth

Tom Meeten

Samuel Coleridge

Paul Whitehouse

Gentleman Drunk

Michael Winner

Gentlemen Passenger

Ella Smith

Barmaid

Janet Whiteside

Old Woman

Jenny Agutter

Lucy

Robert Stone

Miss Clarissa Windsor

Max Landis

Handsome Coachman

Christopher Obi

John Martin

Patricia Gibson-Howell

Mrs. John Martin

Michael Billington

Medical Student

Stephen Merchant

Holyrood Footman

Jacob Edwards

Hollyrood Courtier

John Woodvine

Lord Provost

Billy Riddoch

Rabble Rouser

Esme Thompson

Nicephore's Girlfriend

Costa-Gavras

French Family (as Costa Gavras)

Michèle Ray-Gavras

French Family (as Michele Ray Gavras)

Romain Gavras

French Family

Emmanuel Hamon

French Family

Theo Hamon

French Family

Dodger

Greyfriars Bobby

Seamus

Himself (as Seamus the Dog)

Gioacchino Jim Cuffaro

Doctor

Kerry Ingram

Street child

Eric Lampaert

Jamie Langlands

Medical Student

Tom Machell

Medical Student

Paul Redfern

Tavern Drinker

Stuart Adams

Ticket Tout (uncredited)

Guðmundur Auðunsson

Thug #1 (uncredited)

Paul Bergquist

Man in Tavern (uncredited)

Michelle Brooks

Macbeth Girl (uncredited)

Christian Carroll

Cowboy (uncredited)

Joseph Dewey

Medical Student (uncredited)

Darren Hammock

Highland Soldier (uncredited)

Charli Janeway

Medical Student (uncredited)

Johnny Lynch

Oyster Trader (uncredited)

Chris Mansfield

Stage hand

Ken Matthews

The Boil Man (uncredited)

Nick Moorcroft

Reporter (uncredited)

Pete Noakes

Tanner (uncredited)

Spencer Noll

Hamish (uncredited)

Gino Picciano

Doctor (uncredited)

Nick Shaw

Barman (uncredited)

Adam Smith

Medical Student (uncredited)

Mark Smith

Policeman (uncredited)

Tom Urie

Obese man (uncredited)

Rebeka Venters

Market Woman (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

Dr Robert Knox is played in this film by Tom Wilkinson. In real life, his association with the Burke and Hare murders damaged his reputation and ruined his career.

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Michael Winner: as a rich person riding in a coach cabin.

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Actors Jenny Agutter, David Schofield and John Woodvine rejoin director John Landis after almost 30 years since they first collaborated on An American Werewolf in London (1981).

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Goofs

During Mad Maggie's hanging, the noose around her neck switches between tightness and looseness in each shot.

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In the "multiple dissection" scene Tom Wilkinson uncovers each of the four dead bodies one at a time. But, following a quick edit to the applauding students, in a closer shot one of the bodies is covered up again.

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When Burke and Hare stop for a drink and Burke says that they have no money, Hare plucks a half-crown from underneath Burke's cap. The half-crown that is used in the film is from 1902 - 1910 which is nearly 100 years after the film is set.

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Quotes

Doctor Monro: [after blood spurts from a corpse onto a horrified onlooker] That... would be an artery.

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Lord Harrington: Whomsoever he determines has made the greatest advances in the field of medicine will be awarded the Royal Seal, and a handsome monetary reward.

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Hangman: [after Burke's execution] I know he seemed like a nice guy and all that, and I suppose you have to respect the fact that he made the ultimate sacrifice for love, but he did kill all those people just for money. And that's just evil.

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