Corridors of Blood
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| Corridors of Blood | |
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 Corridors of Blood film poster |
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| Directed by | Robert Day |
| Produced by | John Croydon Charles F. Vetter |
| Written by | Jean Scott Rogers |
| Starring | Boris Karloff Betta St. John Finlay Currie Francis Matthews |
| Music by | Buxton Orr |
| Cinematography | Geoffrey Faithfull |
| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| Release date(s) | December 1958 |
| Running time | 86 min. |
| Country |  United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
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Corridors of Blood is a 1958 horror film directed by Robert Day. The original music score was composed by Buxton Orr. The film was marketed with the tagline "Tops in terror!"
[edit] Plot
An 1840's British surgeon, Dr. Thomas Bolton (Boris Karloff) experiments with anesthetic gases in an effort to make surgery pain free. While doing so, his experiments before a panel of his peers end in a horrific mishap — with his patient awakening under the knife — and he is forced to leave his position in disgrace. To complicate matters, he becomes addicted to the gases and becomes involved with a gang of criminals and its leader, Resurrection Joe (Christopher Lee). Unfortunately, this shady partnership leads Bolton to further to ruin, culminating in his unwitting participation in murder — for which he becomes the first victim of a blackmail scheme.
[edit] Cast
| Actor | Role |
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| Boris Karloff | Dr. Thomas Bolton |
| Betta St. John | Susan |
| Finlay Currie | Supt. Matheson |
| Francis Matthews | Jonathan Bolton |
| Adrienne Corri | Rachel |
| Francis de Wolff | Black Ben |
| Basil Dignam | Chairman |
| Frank Pettingell | Mr. Blount |
| Christopher Lee | Resurrection Joe |
