Behind the Mask

One of the more ambitious of the medical dramas then popular, 'Behind the Mask' boasts superior production values - with Eastmancolor photography by Robert Krasker - and despite its overall subdued tone contains some remarkably detailed scenes of heart surgery - fortunately in black & white - while the infighting between senior surgeons Michael Redgrave and Niall MacGinnis splashes plenty of blood on the carpet.

Seen today possibly the film's most notable feature is the presence of Redgrave's young daughter Vanessa - receiving an 'Introducing' credit - who later dismissed the film as "a stinker" and speaks with a patrician accent she plainly later found it politic to lose.