The Surgeon's Knife Explained

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

1. Web site: The Surgeon's Knife (1957). https://web.archive.org/web/20190819220453/https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6b760b51. dead. 19 August 2019. BFI.
2. Web site: The Surgeon's Knife (1957) - Gordon Parry | Cast and Crew. AllMovie.
3. Web site: The Surgeon's Knife | TV Guide. TVGuide.com.