Shock Corridor Movie Review 1963

A reporter, dreaming of a Pulitzer Prize, fakes mental illness and gets admitted to an asylum, where he hopes to investigate a murder. He is subjected to disturbing experiences, including shock therapy, but does manage to solve the murder. However, he suffers a mental breakdown in the process and is admitted for real. Disturbing and lurid.

Distribution

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Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 101 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Sanity Check, Front Page

Screenplay

Samuel Fuller

Cast

Peter Breck, Constance Towers, Gene Evans, Hari Rhodes, James Best, Philip Ahn, Larry Tucker, Paul Dubov

Cinematography

Stanley Cortez

Director

Samuel Fuller

Music

Paul Dunlap

Producer

Sam Firks, Samuel Fuller

Awards

Natl. Film Reg. 1996.