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WHITE CORRIDORS is an early example of the kind of medical drama that would become a staple of Western television in the late 1950s, and continues thus today. All of the various ingredients are already present here, from the nerve-wracking scenes of surgery to the human drama involving the doctors, nurses and other staff members involved in the running of the hospital. Petula Clark stars as a novice nurse, Googie Withers brings charisma as her senior, and James Donald is a conflicted doctor. Some stand-out characters include Basil Radford's exasperated patient and Bernard Lee's burn victim. Watched today, one wonders how much has really changed in the 70 plus years since this film's release.