Shock Corridor (1963)

Shock Corridor (1963) (DVD) (*)

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Screened, competed or awarded at:
Golden Globes
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
German ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Germany ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
96 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Biographies
Deleted Scenes
Interactive Menu
Photo Gallery
Scene Access
Black & White
Booklet

Movie filmed in 1963 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Samuel Fuller

Written By:
Samuel Fuller

Actors:
Peter Breck ..... Johnny Barrett
Constance Towers ..... Cathy
Gene Evans ..... Boden
James Best ..... Stuart
Hari Rhodes ..... Trent
Larry Tucker ..... Pagliacci
Paul Dubov ..... Dr. J.L. Menkin
Chuck Roberson ..... Wilkes
Neyle Morrow ..... Psycho
John Matthews ..... Dr. L.G. Cristo
Bill Zuckert ..... 'Swanee' Swanson
John Craig ..... Lloyd
Philip Ahn ..... Dr. Fong
Frank Gerstle ..... Lt. Kane
Rachel Romen ..... Singing nympho

Synopsis:

Shock Corridor represents filmmaker Samuel Fuller at his most excessive, but we wouldn't have it otherwise. Peter Breck plays a ruthless journalist who believes that the quickest way to a Pulitzer Prize is to uncover the facts behind a murder at a mental hospital. To glean first-hand information, Breck pretends to go insane and is locked up in the institution. While pursuing his investigation, Breck is sidetracked by the loopy behavior of his fellow inmates. During a hospital riot, Breck is straightjacketed and subjected to shock treatment. By now almost as crazy as he's previously pretended to be, Breck begins imagining that his exotic-dancer girlfriend Constance Towers (a Samuel Fuller 'regular') is actually his sister! By the time the murder has been solved, Breck has gone completely off the deep end, while another patient, a genius suffering from a mental breakdown (played by Gene Evans, still another member in good standing of the Fuller stock company) has figuratively taken Breck's place in 'normal' society. Typical of the Fuller ouevre, the characters in Shock Corridor are either saved or destroyed by their individual obsessions.

Bent on winning a Pulitzer Prize, a journalist commits himself to a mental institution to solve a strange and unclear murder.

This product was added to our catalog on Thursday 13 January, 2011.