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01/12/1958 Drama, Horror, Crime 1h 26m
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Tops in Terror!

Overview

In 1840s London, Dr. Thomas Bolton [Boris Karloff] dares to dream the unthinkable: experimenting with anesthesia gases 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 his own chemical experiments and gets involved with a criminal gang led by Black Ben [Francis de Wolff], and a ruthless killer Resurrection Joe [Christopher Lee]. Unfortunately, this shady partnership leads Dr. Bolton to further ruin, culminating in his unwitting participation in murder — for which he becomes the first victim of a blackmail scheme.

  1. Robert Day

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Boris Karloff

    Dr. Thomas Bolton

  2. Betta St. John

    Susan

  3. Christopher Lee

    Resurrection Joe

  4. Finlay Currie

    Supt. Charles Matheson

  5. Adrienne Corri

    Rachel

  6. Francis de Wolff

    Black Ben

  7. Francis Matthews

    Jonathan Bolton

  8. Frank Pettingell

    Mr. Blount

  9. Basil Dignam

    Hospital Chairman

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Reviews

A review by John Chard
Written by John Chard on 2019-11-07
I'm so close to surgery without pain.

Dr. Thomas Bolton is one of London's top surgeons, brilliant and fast, he is however constantly troubled by the amount of pain his patients go through, for this be a time before anaesthesia. Painstakingly working on a formula to put patients to sleep during surgery, Bolton is convinced he has found a breakthrough, but upon trialling it in front of the board it goes terribly wrong. He continues undaunted, but as he keeps testing the formula out on himself he becomes badly addicted, unable to get the hospital board to sanction his research, he gets invol...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$37,500.00

Revenue
$51,500.00

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