Shock Corridor
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| Directed by | Samuel Fuller |
| Produced by | Samuel Fuller |
| Written by | Samuel Fuller |
| Starring | Peter Breck Constance Towers Gene Evans James Best |
| Music by | Paul Dunlap |
| Cinematography | Stanley Cortez |
| Distributed by | Allied Artists Pictures Corporation |
| Release date(s) |  September 11, 1963 |
| Running time | 101 min. |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Shock Corridor is a 1963 film, directed and written by Samuel Fuller.[1] The film tells the story of a journalist who gets himself committed to a mental hospital in order to track an unsolved murder.[2]
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[edit] Plot
Peter Breck plays journalist Johnny Barrett, who thinks the quickest way to a Pulitzer Prize is to uncover the facts behind a murder at a mental hospital. So, he pretends to go insane and is locked up in the institution. While pursuing his investigation, he is sidetracked by the behavior of his fellow inmates. The three witnesses to the murder have all become insane owning to the stress of confronting American bigotry and war.[3] After a hospital riot, Barrett is straightjacketed and subjected to shock treatment. Barrett begins imagining that his exotic-dancer girlfriend (Constance Towers) is his sister, and experiences many other symptoms of mental breakdown. He learns the identity of the killer, and writes his story, but the damage to his mind is irreparable, and he never leaves the hospital.
[edit] Cast
- 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
[edit] Historical importance
In 1996, Shock Corridor was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".[4]
[edit] References in film
- In The Naked Kiss (1964), another film directed by Fuller, and starring Towers, the theater outside the bus station is playing Shock Corridor.[3]
- In The Dreamers (2003), the main character is watching Shock Corridor at the beginning.
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[edit] External links
- Shock Corridor at the Internet Movie Database
- Shock Corridor at AllRovi
- Shock Corridor at Rotten Tomatoes
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