ITV Play of the Week The Anatomist (Season 1, Episode 20)
TV Episode | Comedy, Drama

ITV Play of the Week

The Anatomist (Season 1, Episode 20)

TV Episode | Comedy, Drama

A doctor employs two men to dig up graves in order for him to have bodies on which to perform experiments, but the men begin to get their own ideas of where to get bodies.

Director

Dennis Vance

Writers

James Bridie (play "The Anatomist") | Denis Webb (adaptation)

Producers

Harry Alan Towers | Dennis Vance

Cinematographer

Lionel Banes

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Edit Released

Updated Feb 6, 1956

Release date

Feb 6, 1956 (United Kingdom)

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12 cast members

Name	Known for
Alastair Sim Dr. Knox Dr. Knox See fewer	A Christmas Carol (1951)
George Cole Walter Walter See fewer	Cleopatra (1963)
Michael Ripper Hare Hare See fewer	Quatermass and the Pit (1958)
David Blake Kelly Burke (as Diarmuid Kelly) Burke (as Diarmuid Kelly) See fewer	Doctor Who (1963)
Adrienne Corri Mary Paterson Mary Paterson See fewer	A Clockwork Orange (1971)
Jill Bennett Mary Belle Mary Belle See fewer	The Nanny (1965)
Margaret Gordon Amelia Amelia See fewer	The Three Musketeers (1954)
Peter Halliday Raby Raby See fewer	The Remains of the Day (1993)
Doria Noar Janet (as Doria Noah) Janet (as Doria Noah) See fewer	Thorndyke (1964)
Irene Sunters Jessie Ann Jessie Ann See fewer	The Wicker Man (1973)
Jefferson Clifford Nobby Nobby See fewer	BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950)
Frank Taylor Paterson Paterson See fewer	Division 4 (1969)