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The Body Snatcher (1957)

Genre : Horror, Science Fiction

Runtime : 1H 20M

Director : Fernando Méndez

Synopsis

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...

Actors

Wolf Ruvinskis
Wolf Ruvinskis
Guillermo Santana
Carlos Riquelme
Carlos Riquelme
The Mad Scientist, alias Don Panchito
Crox Alvarado
Crox Alvarado
Capt. Carlos Robles
Columba Domínguez
Columba Domínguez
Lucía
Eduardo Alcaraz
Eduardo Alcaraz
Police Chief
Yerye Beirute
Yerye Beirute
Cosme Ramírez, first henchman
Ignacio Navarro
Ignacio Navarro
Second Henchman
Arturo Martínez
Arturo Martínez
Felipe Dorantes, wrestling promoter
Alberto Catalá
Alberto Catalá
Rubio, wrestling trainer
Guillermo Hernández
Guillermo Hernández
El Lobo negro
Lee Morgan
Lee Morgan
Alejandro Cruz
Alejandro Cruz
El Tigre

Crews

Fernando Méndez
Fernando Méndez
Director
Fernando Méndez
Fernando Méndez
Writer
Alejandro Verbitzky
Alejandro Verbitzky
Writer
Fernando Méndez
Fernando Méndez
Adaptation
Alejandro Verbitzky
Alejandro Verbitzky
Adaptation
Américo Fernández
Américo Fernández
Assistant Director
Jorge Busto
Jorge Busto
Editor
Federico Ruiz
Federico Ruiz
Music
Víctor Herrera
Víctor Herrera
Director of Photography

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