The McGregor Affair

Name: The McGregor Affair
Director: David Friedkin
Released: 1964-11-23
Duration: 51 min
Rating: 8.0
Cast: Andrew Duggan, Elsa Lanchester, William Smith, John Hoyt, Arthur Malet

S3 E7 November 23, 1964 0h 51m ★ 8.0

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Overview

During the year 1827 in Edinburgh, Scotland, John McGregor must take care od his alcoholic wife Aggie. He works for Dr. Knox and must lug large boxes of tanbark to his medical academy. When John learns that the boxes actually contain the murdered victims of two bodysnatchers Burke and Hare, he decides to get rid of his wife by getting her drunk and leaving her on the body snatcher's doorstep. The plan is successful, but John is overtaken by remorse. Unfortunately, he ends up to be Burke and Hare's next victim.