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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.

The Surgeon's Knife
Directed by	Gordon Parry
Written by	Robert Westerby
Based on	The Wicked Flee by Anne Hocking
Produced by	Charles Leeds
Starring	Donald Houston Adrienne Corri Lyndon Brook
Cinematography	Lionel Banes
Edited by	Jim Connock
Music by	Bruce Montgomery
Production company	Gibraltar Films
Distributed by	Grand National Pictures (UK) Distributors Corporation of America (US)
Release date	October 1957 (1957-10)
Running time	84 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

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

External links

• The Surgeon's Knife at IMDb

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