The Dark Stairway (1938)
1h 13m
Running Time
January 1, 1938Release Date
Plot.
“Professional jealousy over the discovery of a formula for an anaesthetic leads to murder in a hospital.” - BFI.
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Cast & Crew.
Hugh Williams
Dr. Thurlow
Chili Bouchier
Betty Trimmer
Garry Marsh
Dr. Mortimer
Reginald Purdell
Askew
James Stephenson
Inspector Clarke
Glen Alyn
Isabel Simmonds
John Carol
Merridew
Lesley Brook
Mary Cresswell
Details.
Wiki.
The Dark Stairway is a 1938 British crime film, directed by Arthur B. Woods and starring Hugh Williams, Chili Bouchier and Garry Marsh.
The film was a quota quickie production, based on the 1931 novel From This Dark Stairway by Mignon G. Eberhart. In the film, professional jealousy and rivalry erupts in a hospital over the discovery of a revolutionary new formula for anaesthetic, leading to murder. The Dark Stairway is now classed as a lost film.