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The Surgeon's Knife

1957 British film

Robert Westerby

Based onThe Wicked Flee by Anne HockingProduced byCharles LeedsStarringDonald Houston
Adrienne Corri
Lyndon BrookCinematographyLionel BanesEdited byJim ConnockMusic byBruce Montgomery

Production
company

Gibraltar Films

Distributed byGrand National Pictures (UK)
Distributors Corporation of America (US)

Release date

October 1957 (1957-10)

Running time

84 minutesCountryUnited KingdomLanguageEnglish

The Surgeon's Knife is a 1957 British crime film directed by Gordon Parry and starring Donald Houston, Adrienne Corri and Lyndon Brook.^[1] It is an adaptation of the 1940 novel The Wicked Flee by Anne Hocking.

Synopsis

When his patient dies during an operation, a surgeon resorts to murder to cover up his negligence.^[2]

Cast

Donald Houston as Doctor Alex Waring
Adrienne Corri as Laura Shelton
Lyndon Brook as Doctor Ian Breck
Jean Cadell as Henrietta Stevens
Sydney Tafler as Doctor Hearne
Mervyn Johns as Mr. Waring
Marie Ney as Matron Fiske
Ronald Adam as Major Tilling
John Welsh as Inspector Austen
Beatrice Varley as Mrs. Waring
Noel Hood as Sister Slater
André van Gyseghem as Mr. Dodds
Frank Forsyth as Anaesthetist
Tom Bowman as Surgeon
Susan Westerby as Miss Jenner
Betty Shale as Garsten

Critical reception

TV Guide rated the film 2/5 stars, noting a "Standard melodrama without enough suspense to be terrifying."^[3]

References

^ "The Surgeon's Knife (1957)". BFI. Archived from the original on 19 August 2019.
^ "The Surgeon's Knife (1957) - Gordon Parry | Cast and Crew". AllMovie.
^ "The Surgeon's Knife | TV Guide". TVGuide.com.