The Body Snatcher (1957)

5.9/10 80 min 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...

Cast

Wolf Ruvinskis

Guillermo Santana

Carlos Riquelme

The Mad Scientist, alias Don Panchito

Crox Alvarado

Capt. Carlos Robles

Columba Domínguez

Lucía

Eduardo Alcaraz

Police Chief

Yerye Beirute

Cosme Ramírez, first henchman

Arturo Martínez

Felipe Dorantes, wrestling promoter

Alberto Catalá

Rubio, wrestling trainer

Armando Acosta

Espectador lucha libre

Salvador Godínez

Agente policía

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