Behind the Mask (1958)
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Distinguished British actress Vanessa Redgrave makes her feature film debut in this hospital-set drama that chronicles the deadly rivalry between two head surgeons. She is one of the surgeons. She and her competitor have radically different ideas about how the hospital should be run. The film features one of the first scenes of actual open-heart surgery being shown upon a closed-circuit TV screen. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi
- Starring:
- Michael Redgrave, Tony Britton, (more)
- Director(s):
- Brian Desmond Hurst
Synopsis of Behind the Mask
Distinguished British actress Vanessa Redgrave makes her feature film debut in this hospital-set drama that chronicles the deadly rivalry between two head surgeons. She is one of the surgeons. She and her competitor have radically different ideas about how the hospital should be run. The film features one of the first scenes of actual open-heart surgery being shown upon a closed-circuit TV screen. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi
Complete Cast of Behind the Mask
- Michael Redgrave - Sir Arthur Benson Gray
- Carl Möhner - Dr. Carl Romek
- Ian Bannen - Alan Crabtree
- Lionel Jeffries - Walter Froy
- Vanessa Redgrave - Pamela Gray
- John Gale - Mr. John Greenwood
- Hugh Miller - Examiner
- Margaret Tyzack - Night Sister
- Tony Britton - Philip Selwood
- Niall MacGinnis - Neil Isherwood
- Brenda Bruce - Elizabeth Fallon
- Miles Malleson - Sir Oswald Pettiford
- Ann Firbank - Mrs. Judson
- Jack Hedley - Dr. Galbraith
- Mary Skinner - Theater Sister
- John Welsh - Col. Langley
- Director(s):
- Brian Desmond Hurst
- Writer(s):
- John Hunter
- Producer(s):
- Sergei Nolbandov, Josef Somlo
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