Tops in Terror!
6.151
86 min
In 1840s London, Dr. Thomas Bolton [Boris Karloff] dares to dream the unthinkable: experimenting with anesthesia gases 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 his own chemical experiments and gets involved with a criminal gang led by Black Ben [Francis de Wolff], and a ruthless killer Resurrection Joe [Christopher Lee]. Unfortunately, this shady partnership leads Dr. Bolton to further ruin, culminating in his unwitting participation in murder — for which he becomes the first victim of a blackmail scheme.
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Boris Karloff | Dr. Thomas Bolton | Unowned |
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Betta St. John | Susan | Unowned |
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Christopher Lee | Resurrection Joe | Unowned |
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Finlay Currie | Supt. Charles Matheson | Unowned |
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Adrienne Corri | Rachel | Unowned |
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Francis de Wolff | Black Ben | Unowned |
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Francis Matthews | Jonathan Bolton | Unowned |
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Frank Pettingell | Mr. Blount | Unowned |
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Basil Dignam | Hospital Chairman | Unowned |
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Nigel Green | Insp. Donovan | Unowned |
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Yvonne Romain | Rosa (as Yvonne Warren) | Unowned |
| Howard Lang | Chief Inspector | Unowned | |
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Charles Lloyd Pack | Hardcastle | Unowned |
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Bernard Archard | Hospital Official | Unowned |
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Marianne Stone | Arrested Woman (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Desmond Llewelyn | Operations Assistant (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Skip Martin | (uncredited) | Unowned |