The Body Snatcher

The Body Snatcher

80 mins | Science Fiction, Horror | Jan. 1, 1957

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...

The Body Snatcher

80 mins | Science Fiction, Horror | Jan. 1, 1957

The Body Snatcher
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...
IMDb rating 6.5
Producers Internacional Cinematográfica
Original title Ladrón de cadáveres
Directors Américo Fernández, Fernando Méndez
Writers Alejandro Verbitzky, Fernando Méndez

Cast

Wolf Ruvinskis

as Guillermo Santana

Carlos Riquelme

as The Mad Scientist, alias Don Panchito

Crox Alvarado

as Capt. Carlos Robles

Columba Domínguez

as Lucía

Eduardo Alcaraz

as Police Chief

Yerye Beirute

as Cosme Ramírez, first henchman

Ignacio Navarro

as Second Henchman

Arturo Martínez

as Felipe Dorantes, wrestling promoter

Alberto Catalá

as Rubio, wrestling trainer

Guillermo Hernández

as El Lobo negro

Alejandro Cruz

as El Tigre