Burke & Hare

Burke & Hare

6.1

Oct 29 2010

2h 31m

Comedy, Thriller, History, Horror

Two 19th-century opportunists become serial killers so that they can maintain their profitable business supplying cadavers to an anatomist.

Simon Pegg

Simon Pegg

William Burke

Andy Serkis

Andy Serkis

William Hare

Isla Fisher

Isla Fisher

Ginny

Georgia King

Georgia King

Emma

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