Corridors of Blood
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Robert Day
Boris Karloff
Betta St. John
Francis Matthews
Francis De Wolff
Adrienne Corri
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Before the discovery of anesthesia, operations were bloody, screaming ordeals from which the patient often emerged insane. In 1840, London surgeon Dr. Bolton tries to remedy the situation, but he becomes addicted to his experimental drugs. Following a demonstration during which one of his patients rises from the operating table and attacks the attending doctors and students, the humiliated Bolton takes an overdose of drugs and enters a tavern in the slum district of Seven Dials. There he falls prey to Black Ben and Resurrection Joe, whose main activity is supplying the hospital with bodies for dissection. In exchange for stolen drugs, Bolton is forced to supply signed death certificates for their victims. When one of the grave robbers murders a hospital guard, the police apprehend the criminals, but not before Bolton is stabbed to death. Bolton's son Jonathan continues his father's experiments and becomes instrumental in developing anesthetics.
Director
Robert Day
Cast
Boris Karloff
Betta St. John
Francis Matthews
Francis De Wolff
Adrienne Corri
Frank Pettingell
Finlay Currie
Christopher Lee
Marian Spencer
Carl Bernard
Charles Lloyd Pack
Yvonne Warren
Robert Raglan
Basil Dignam
John Gabriel
Nigel Green
Howard Lang
Julian D'albie
Roddy Hughes
Crew
Peter Bolton
John Croydon
Sue Dyson
Geoffrey Faithfull
Richard Gordon
Frederick Lewis
Tony Masters
Peter Mayhew
George Mills
Peter Musgrave
Buxton Orr
Jean Scott Rogers
Wally Schneiderman
Cyril Swern
Charles Vetter
Eileen Warwick
Film Details
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Notes
Released in Great Britain in September 1962; running time: 86 min. The working title of this film is The Doctor of Seven Dials.
