Drama Horror Crime
An 1840s British surgeon, 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, led by Black Ben and his henchman Resurrection Joe.
Directed by
Robert Day
Christopher Lee
Resurrection Joe
Boris Karloff
Dr. Thomas Bolton
Adrienne Corri
Rachel
Basil Dignam
Hospital Chairman
Finlay Currie
Supt. Charles Matheson
Desmond Llewelyn
Operations Assistant (uncredited)
Francis Matthews
Jonathan Bolton
Nigel Green
Insp. Donovan
Marianne Stone
Arrested Woman (uncredited)
Frank Pettingell
Mr. Blount
Howard Lang
Chief Inspector
Francis de Wolff
Black Ben
Bernard Archard
Hospital Official
Yvonne Romain
Rosa (as Yvonne Warren)
Betta St. John
Susan
Charles Lloyd Pack
Hardcastle
Skip Martin
(uncredited)

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