The Surgeon's Knife

The Surgeon's Knife is a 1957 British crime film directed by Gordon Parry and starring Donald Houston, Adrienne Corri and Lyndon Brook. 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.

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."