The Body Snatcher (1957)

09/26/1957 (MX) • 1h 20m

Horror, Science Fiction

Overview

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...

Top Billed Cast

Wolf Ruvinskis

Guillermo Santana

Carlos Riquelme

The Mad Scientist, alias Don Panchito

Crox Alvarado

Capt. Carlos Robles

Eduardo Alcaraz

Police Chief

Yerye Beirute

Cosme Ramírez, first henchman

Ignacio Navarro

Second Henchman

Arturo Martínez

Felipe Dorantes, wrestling promoter

Alberto Catalá

Rubio, wrestling trainer


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Status

Released

Original Language

Spanish

Budget

-

Revenue

-

Keywords

mexico

mad scientist

police detective

gym

grave robber

murder investigation

sports arena

mind transfer

pro wrestling

secret laboratory

rampaging monster

human monster

lucha libre

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