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Corridors of Blood
Corridors of Blood

Corridors of Blood (1963)

6.2 ? Jun 05, 1963 1h 26m
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Overview

In 1840s London, Dr. Thomas Bolton [Boris Karloff] dares to dream the unthinkable: experimenting with anesthesia gases to make surgery pain-free. While doing so, his demonstration before a panel of his peers ends in a horrific mishap with his patient awakening under the knife; he is forced to leave his position in disgrace. To complicate matters, he becomes addicted to his own chemical experiments and gets involved with a criminal gang led by Black Ben [Francis de Wolff], and a ruthless killer Resurrection Joe [Christopher Lee]. Unfortunately, this shady partnership leads Dr. Bolton to further ruin, culminating in his unwitting participation in murder — for which he becomes the first victim of a blackmail scheme.

Genres

Drama Horror Crime

Release Date

June 05, 1963

Rating

6.2 /10

Runtime

1h 26m

Boris Karloff

Boris Karloff

Dr. Thomas Bolton

Betta St. John

Betta St. John

Susan

Christopher Lee

Christopher Lee

Resurrection Joe

Finlay Currie

Finlay Currie

Supt. Charles Matheson

Adrienne Corri

Adrienne Corri

Rachel

Francis de Wolff

Francis de Wolff

Black Ben

Francis Matthews

Francis Matthews

Jonathan Bolton

Frank Pettingell

Frank Pettingell

Mr. Blount

Basil Dignam

Basil Dignam

Hospital Chairman

Nigel Green

Nigel Green

Insp. Donovan

Yvonne Romain

Yvonne Romain

Rosa (as Yvonne Warren)

Howard Lang

Howard Lang

Chief Inspector

Charles Lloyd Pack

Charles Lloyd Pack

Hardcastle

Bernard Archard

Bernard Archard

Hospital Official

Marianne Stone

Marianne Stone

Arrested Woman (uncredited)

Desmond Llewelyn

Desmond Llewelyn

Operations Assistant (uncredited)

Skip Martin

Skip Martin

(uncredited)

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talisencrw

8.0/10

May 03, 2016

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.

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John Chard

6.0/10

Nov 07, 2019

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

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