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User Rating:
6.1/10   12 votes
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Director:
Writers:
James G. Edwards (novel)
Alex Gottlieb (screenplay)
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Release Date:
17 March 1939 (USA) more
Genre:
Tagline:
A Crime Club Mystery thriller that's a shriek with excitement (original poster) more
Plot:
In the middle of an eye-surgery operation in a large hospital, the lights in the operating room go out and the patient is murdered... more | add synopsis
User Reviews:
This has all the makings for a good film but just never delivers! more (3 total)

Cast

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Bruce Cabot ... Dr. Bob Clayton
Helen Mack ... Nurse Carole Dale
Joan Woodbury ... Nurse Lila Haines
Constance Worth ... Nurse Ann Stokes
Thomas E. Jackson ... Sergeant Macintosh Spencer (as Thomas Jackson)
Tom Dugan ... Hank Manley
Mabel Todd ... Nurse Dora Stanley
Roland Drew ... Dr. Norman Kennedy
Addison Richards ... Dr. Finley Morton
Frank Reicher ... Dr. Amos Thornton
Frank Puglia ... Tony, the janitor
Don Porter ... Dr. Donald Fox
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Byron Foulger ... The Coroner
John Harmon ... The Fingerprint Man
Holmes Herbert ... Hospital Administrator
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Murder in the Surgery (USA) (original script title)
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Runtime:
58 min
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Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
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Certification:
USA:Approved | USA:Passed (National Board of Review)

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The Crime Club novel, "Murder in Surgery" was written by Dr. James G. Edwards, M.D. more

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2 out of 2 people found the following review useful.
This has all the makings for a good film but just never delivers!, 2 November 2003
4/10
Author: Daryl17 (mwracing57@hotmail.com) from Bakersfield, California

The film is of interest to me only because of Helen Mack. Otherwise, I would have never purchased the film. This film has a lot of interesting elements to make it a good mystery. However, someone really botched the story. There are lots of gaps in the logic that make the viewer totally confused. You can hardly wait to the end just to find out how they will tie up all the loose ends. They don't succeed very well. The characters are very good, but end up lacking some depth and connection with one another. The venue for the murders is a hospital, but the problem is you never see any patients. One key aspect of the story is about a patient who has to have a corneal implant. He has the implant done and the next day he can see. This was done to accomodate the outcome of the story, which takes place in a span of two days or so. This is so absurd that even an uneducated viewer would know that this is not possible.

As mentioned earlier, this could have been a good film, but the story just leaves good actors to struggle with poor material to work with. Watch the film if you are into nostalgia, but don't watch it for a good mystery.

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