Rent Corridors of Blood (1958)
3.4 of 5 from 52 ratings
1h 23min
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- Synopsis:
London, 1840. In the age before the discovery of anaesthetics, surgery is an agonising experience for terrified patients. Dr. Thomas Bolton (Boris Karloff) operates as quickly as he can to minimise the suffering, but is wracked with guilt when he discovers a traumatised amputee. Bolton determines to find a way to separate pain and the knife, although his son Jonathan (Francis Matthews) is doubtful that he will succeed. Bolton's efforts to achieve painless surgery lead him to experiment with chemicals that achieve only limited success. Confounded by his failure and mocked by his peers, Bolton experiments on himself, falling under the spell of the powerful gas he has created. He drifts into the murky world of Black Ben's lodging house, a wretched dive in London's Seven Dials. Ruthlessly manipulated by Black Ben (Francis de Wolff) and the graverobber Resurrection Joe (Christopher Lee), the hopelessly addicted Bolton is forced to pay a terrible price for his noble aspirations... - Actors:
- Boris Karloff, Betta St. John, Christopher Lee, Finlay Currie, Adrienne Corri, Francis De Wolff, Francis Matthews, Frank Pettingell, Basil Dignam, Marian Spencer, Carl Bernard, John Gabriel, Nigel Green, Yvonne Romain, Howard Lang, Julian D'Albie, Roddy Hughes, Robert Raglan, Charles Lloyd-Pack, Anthea Holloway
- Directors:
- Robert Day
- Producers:
- Charles F. Vetter, John Croydon
- Writers:
- Jean Scott Rogers
- Aka:
- Doctor from Seven Dials
- Studio:
- DD Home Entertainment
- Genres:
- Classics, Horror, Thrillers
