The Body Snatcher
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A detective and his cowboy friend team up to stop a mad scientist who is stealing the bodies of murdered wrestlers, and bringing them back to life while electronically replacing their minds with those of animals to make them stronger and live longer. Posing as a successful masked wrestler, the cowboy quickly attracts the attention of the scientist and his henchmen as their next experimental subject...
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Cast
31 people
Wolf Ruvinskis
Guillermo Santana
Known for
El patrullero 777
El señor doctor
Carlos Riquelme
The Mad Scientist, alias Don Panchito
Known for
El patrullero 777
Snow White and Her 7 Lovers
Crox Alvarado
Capt. Carlos Robles
Known for
The Robot vs. The Aztec Mummy
The Bat Woman
Columba Domínguez
Lucía
Known for
One for the Road
Eduardo Alcaraz
Police Chief
Known for
El Barrendero
School for Tramps
Yerye Beirute
Cosme Ramírez, first henchman
Also in
Face of the Screaming Werewolf
The Vampire's Coffin
Ignacio Navarro
Second Henchman
Also in
Selva María
Black Power
Arturo Martínez
Felipe Dorantes, wrestling promoter
Known for
The Robot vs. The Aztec Mummy
The Black Scorpion
Alberto Catalá
Rubio, wrestling trainer
Known for
El señor doctor
The Little Priest
Guillermo Hernández
El Lobo negro
Known for
The Beast of Hollow Mountain
The Robot vs. The Aztec Mummy
Lee Morgan
Also in
The Dungeon of Harrow
The Neanderthal Man
Alejandro Cruz
El Tigre
Also in
The Champions of Justice
El torneo de la muerte
Fernando Méndez Director · Alejandro Verbitzky Writer Federico Ruiz Composer
First release September 26, 1957 · Produced in Mexico · Languages Japanese, Spanish
Production
Internacional Cinematográfica
Production
Columbia Pictures
Studio
Mexico
Produced in
Languages
Original title
Ladrón de cadáveres
Original language
Spanish
Spoken on screen
Japanese · Spanish
Release dates
Mexico · September 26, 1957
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Germany
November 27, 1959 · Theatrical
Japan
May 12, 1958 · Theatrical
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