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Shock Corridor

Shock Corridor

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Summary

Psychological drama starring Peter Breck and Constance Towers. A crusading journalist goes under cover in a mental asylum to try and solve the murder of a patient. But the longer he spends inside the asylum, the more his own sanity is affected.

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Review

A star rating of 4 out of 5.

Tom Hutchinson

The characters talk in slogans, the idea verges on the outrageous, but Sam Fuller's direction barrels us through discrepancies in this film's plot with a gut-punching style that flattens objections. The stylish photography is by Stanley Cortez, whose approach worked more elegantly on The Magnificent Ambersons. Journalist Peter Breck has himself committed to a mental hospital to find a killer and discovers more than he bargained for. Pitting himself against many ideas of good taste, Fuller's film still has the stifling grip of a straitjacket.

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7.3/10

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Cast

rolenameJohnny BarrettPeter BreckCathyConstance TowersBodenGene EvansStuartJames BestTrentHari RhodesPagliacciLarry TuckerSwaneeWilliam ZuckertDr FongPhilip Ahn

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Crew

rolenameDirectorSamuel Fuller

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Languages

English

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video and DVD

Formats

Colour

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