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7.4/10
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A Scotland Yard Inspector investigates odd hospital deaths during the London Blitz.A Scotland Yard Inspector investigates odd hospital deaths during the London Blitz.A Scotland Yard Inspector investigates odd hospital deaths during the London Blitz.
Richard Duke
- Orderly
- (uncredited)
Ronald Ward
- Bit Part
- (uncredited)
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- Trivia(at around 36 mins) First onscreen appearance of Alastair Sim, although he narrates the film.
- GoofsAs the movie takes place in 1944 whilst Britain is being attacked by V1 bombs ('doodlebugs'), the windows and glass doors in the hospital should have been taped to prevent glass being shattered by an explosion and blowing in on people inside.
- Quotes
Dr. Barney Barnes: I gave nitrous oxide at first, to get him under.
Inspector Cockrill: Oh yes, stuff the dentist gives you, hmmm -- commonly known as "laughing gas."
Dr. Barney Barnes: Used to be -- actually the impurities cause the laughs.
Inspector Cockrill: Oh, just the same as in our music halls.
- ConnectionsFeatured in TCM Guest Programmer: Thelma Schoonmaker (2007)
Featured review
It's 1944 at Heron's Park Hospital. A buzz bomb flies overhead resulting in casualties. Joseph Higgins is brought to the hospital but dies on the operating table. Anesthetist Barney Barnes (Trevor Howard) is suspected but he refuses to accept responsibility. Sister Bates claims to have evidence but is murdered before revealing it. Scotland Yard Inspector Cockrill (Alistair Sim) comes to investigate.
There has been many iconic literary British murder mystery. I've never heard of this one nor the novelist Christianna Brand. Alistair Sim gives it charisma. He drives the movie but I don't think the character turns into a franchise. He has the potential but it's not used. I do have some minor questions about the mystery. All in all, this is pretty good.
There has been many iconic literary British murder mystery. I've never heard of this one nor the novelist Christianna Brand. Alistair Sim gives it charisma. He drives the movie but I don't think the character turns into a franchise. He has the potential but it's not used. I do have some minor questions about the mystery. All in all, this is pretty good.
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- Also known as
- The Mad Killer
- Filming locations
- Pinewood Studios, Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire, England, UK(made at D&P Studios Pinewood England)
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- Budget
- £202,400 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 31 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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