The Body Snatcher

The Body Snatcher

5.9IMDb Score
Released:1957-09-26
Duration:80 min
Country:Mexico
Director:Fernando Méndez
Actors:Wolf Ruvinskis, Carlos Riquelme, Crox Alvarado, Columba Domínguez, Eduardo Alcaraz
Production:Internacional Cinematográfica

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...

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