'The humour may be too broad in places - corpse-based slapstick pales with repetition - but, for the most part, 'Burke and Hare' is well-timed and often funny.' Read the ...
Burke and Hare
- Synopsis
BURKE & HARE is a comedic take on the true story of the 1828 Edinburgh body-snatchers William Burke (Simon Pegg) and William Hare (Andy Serkis). These two Irish entrepreneurs, spurred on by a chance meeting with a gorgeous actress (Isla Fisher), discover that a dead body can fetch a hefty price when the demands of the leading medical professors Dr. Knox (Tom Wilkinson) and Dr. Monroe (Tim Curry) reach beyond that of the local supply.
- Release date:
- 29 October 2010
- Director
- John Landis
- Cast:
- Simon Pegg, Isla Fisher, Tim Curry, Andy Serkis, Tom Wilkinson
- Runtime:
- 91mins
- Certification:
- 15
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