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The Surgeon's Knife (1957)

The Surgeon's Knife poster
Directed by
Gordon Parry
Genre
crime, drama
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
1h 24m
Rated
NR
Rating
9.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A doctor faces trouble when a wealthy patient dies during surgery. The police suspect him of murder, so he must investigate to clear his name.

suspensefulgrimmethodicaltensedramaticnoirishclinical

What happens

The Surgeon's Knife is a 1957 British crime film directed by Gordon Parry and starring Donald Houston, Adrienne Corri and Lyndon Brook. It was written by Robert Westerby, adapted from 1940 novel The Wicked Flee by Anne Hocking. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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