Corridors of Blood (Original title)Doctor from Seven Dials (Alternative title)
Dates: 1958 (Copyright), 24 September 1962 (Release)Countries: United Kingdom, USADirected by: Robert Day
Synopsis: Set in London in 1840 before the discovery of anaesthesia. Surgeon Thomas Bolton is obsessive about his research with various drugs in his quest to discover a formula for an anaesthetic for patients undergoing surgery. However, he gradually becomes addicted to the drugs with which he is experimenting and in the course of his charitable work in the Seven Dials area, he becomes enmeshed in the world of blackmail and crime. He is blackmailed into providing false death certificates for the criminals who murder unwary travellers in order to provide bodies for teaching to the surgeons of a nearby hospital. Murdered before he can successfully complete his work, it is left to his son Jonathan to achieve his father's lifelong quest for an anaesthetic drug.
Genres: Period drama, Horror, Medical drama
Subjects: Doctors, Grave robbing
Releases
Date: 1962Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 86 mins Length: 7773 FeetDialogue (original): English
Title: The Video Eye of Dr. CyclopsArticle type: Video ReviewLanguage: English
In: Film Index n31 1975 Page: 113
Title: [Film Index - n31 1975: no known title]Language: English
In: The Film Daily v122 n120 24 Jun 1963 Page: 7
Title: [The Film Daily - v122 n120 24 Jun 1963: no known title]Language: English
In: The Daily Cinema n8661 14 Sep 1962 Page: 6
Title: [The Daily Cinema - n8661 14 Sep 1962: no known title]Language: English
In: Kine Weekly n2867 13 Sep 1962 Page: 20
Title: [Kine Weekly - n2867 13 Sep 1962: no known title]Language: English
In: Monthly Film Bulletin v29 n346 November 1962 Page: 153
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v29 n346 November 1962: no known title]Language: English
Dates: 1958 (Copyright), 24 September 1962 (Release)Countries: United Kingdom, USADirected by: Robert Day
Synopsis: Set in London in 1840 before the discovery of anaesthesia. Surgeon Thomas Bolton is obsessive about his research with various drugs in his quest to discover a formula for an anaesthetic for patients undergoing surgery. However, he gradually becomes addicted to the drugs with which he is experimenting and in the course of his charitable work in the Seven Dials area, he becomes enmeshed in the world of blackmail and crime. He is blackmailed into providing false death certificates for the criminals who murder unwary travellers in order to provide bodies for teaching to the surgeons of a nearby hospital. Murdered before he can successfully complete his work, it is left to his son Jonathan to achieve his father's lifelong quest for an anaesthetic drug.
Genres: Period drama, Horror, Medical drama
Subjects: Doctors, Grave robbing
Releases
Date: 1962Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 86 mins Length: 7773 FeetDialogue (original): English
Articles held in BFI Reuben Library
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In: Fangoria v7 n69 December 1987 Page: 19Title: The Video Eye of Dr. CyclopsArticle type: Video ReviewLanguage: English
In: Film Index n31 1975 Page: 113
Title: [Film Index - n31 1975: no known title]Language: English
In: The Film Daily v122 n120 24 Jun 1963 Page: 7
Title: [The Film Daily - v122 n120 24 Jun 1963: no known title]Language: English
In: The Daily Cinema n8661 14 Sep 1962 Page: 6
Title: [The Daily Cinema - n8661 14 Sep 1962: no known title]Language: English
In: Kine Weekly n2867 13 Sep 1962 Page: 20
Title: [Kine Weekly - n2867 13 Sep 1962: no known title]Language: English
In: Monthly Film Bulletin v29 n346 November 1962 Page: 153
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v29 n346 November 1962: no known title]Language: English