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 Christopher Lee Betta St. John Finlay Currie Francis Matthews |
| Music by | Buxton Orr |
| Cinematography | Geoffrey Faithfull |
| Editing by | Peter Mayhew |
| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| Release date(s) | December 1958 |
| Running time | 86 min. |
| Country |  United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
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!" in the US where MGM released it as a double feature with Werewolf in a Girls' Dormitory.[1]
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An 1840s British surgeon, Dr. Thomas Bolton (Boris Karloff) experiments with anesthetic gases in an effort 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 the gases and gets involved with a gang of criminals and its leader, Resurrection Joe (Christopher Lee). Unfortunately, this shady partnership leads Bolton to further ruin, culminating in his unwitting participation in murder — for which he becomes the first victim of a blackmail scheme.
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| 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 |
| Nigel Green | Inspector Donovan |
| Yvonne Romain | Rosa |
| Howard Lang | Chief Inspector |
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