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Corridors of Blood

- Tops in Terror!

Dr. Thomas Bolton fights for the use of anesthetic in surgery and uses himself as a guinea pig, but soon finds himself addicted.

Release Date : 1958-12-01

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Producers AssociatesAmalgamated Productions

Production Country : United Kingdom

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Dr. Thomas Bolton

Original Name : Boris Karloff

Gender : Male

Character Name : Susan

Original Name : Betta St. John

Gender : Female

Character Name : Resurrection Joe

Original Name : Christopher Lee

Gender : Male

Character Name : Supt. Charles Matheson

Original Name : Finlay Currie

Gender : Male

Character Name : Rachel

Original Name : Adrienne Corri

Gender : Female

Character Name : Black Ben

Original Name : Francis de Wolff

Gender : Male

Character Name : Jonathan Bolton

Original Name : Francis Matthews

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mr. Blount

Original Name : Frank Pettingell

Gender : Male

Character Name : Hospital Chairman

Original Name : Basil Dignam

Gender : Male

Character Name : Insp. Donovan

Original Name : Nigel Green

Gender : Male

Character Name : Rosa (as Yvonne Warren)

Original Name : Yvonne Romain

Gender : Female

Character Name : Chief Inspector

Original Name : Howard Lang

Gender : Male

Character Name : Hardcastle

Original Name : Charles Lloyd Pack

Gender : Male

Character Name : Hospital Official

Original Name : Bernard Archard

Gender : Male

Character Name : Arrested Woman (uncredited)

Original Name : Marianne Stone

Gender : Female

Character Name : Operations Assistant (uncredited)

Original Name : Desmond Llewelyn

Gender : Male

Character Name : (uncredited)

Original Name : Skip Martin

Gender : Male

Reviews

talisencrw

@talisencrw

2021-06-23

A lot of fun watching two great horror icons together like Boris Karloff and Sir Christopher Lee. I'm so glad The Criterion Collection bothered putting this foursome out in their 'Monsters and Madmen' boxed set. Such a guilty pleasure to behold, in its intriguing period-piece script of a well-meaning doctor trying to discover anesthesia yet getting drug-addicted in the process. Great stuff.

John Chard

@John Chard

2024-05-16

I'm so close to surgery without pain. Dr. Thomas Bolton is one of London's top surgeons, brilliant and fast, he is however constantly troubled by the amount of pain his patients go through, for this be a time before anaesthesia. Painstakingly working on a formula to put patients to sleep during surgery, Bolton is convinced he has found a breakthrough, but upon trialling it in front of the board it goes terribly wrong. He continues undaunted, but as he keeps testing the formula out on himself he becomes badly addicted, unable to get the hospital board to sanction his research, he gets involved with a dastardly group of murderers who kill and then sell off corpse's to a suspect doctor. Make no (saw) bones about it, this is a wonderful Boris Karloff performance, the amount of sympathy and earthy fortitude he puts into Dr. Bolton is very impressive. The plot isn't up to much and fans of staple horror requirements will hardly get any titillation from it, but as a crime picture and a character study it comes out smiling and delivers the goods. The sets are very good, check out the frontal entry into the Seven Dials area, and now with better digital transfers the picture's black and white texture ripens the watching experience. It's a film that I suppose is easily forgotten quickly after the viewing, but it's well worth watching for Karloff's turn and an ending that is strangely sad but uplifting at the same time. 6/10