The Big Cube
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| Directed by | Tito Davison |
| Produced by | Francisco Diaz Barroso Lindsley Parsons |
| Written by | Edmundo Báez (story) Tito Davison (story) William Douglas Lansford (writer) |
| Starring | Lana Turner Karin Mossberg George Chakiris Dan O'Herlihy Richard Egan |
| Music by | Val Johns |
| Cinematography | Gabriel Figueroa |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
| Release date(s) | April 30, 1969 (US) |
| Running time | 98 mins. |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
The Big Cube is a 1969 Warner Bros. thriller directed by Tito Davison and starring Lana Turner, Karin Mossberg (in her first and only role), George Chakiris, Dan O'Herlihy and Richard Egan; it was one of Lana Turner's last movies. It is notable for its aggressive portrayal of LSD use and the 1960s youth counterculture as vicious evils.
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[edit] Plot
Lana Turner plays Adriana Roman, a successful stage actress who retires to marry Charles Winthrop (O'Herlihy), a wealthy tycoon. Winthrop's daughter, Lisa (Mossberg), is instantly distrustful of Adriana. When Charles is killed in a boating accident, Lisa's new boyfriend Johnny (Chakiris) capitalizes on that distrust to lead Lisa to believe that her father's death was murder – a charge exacerbated by Adriana's threat, as per her late husband's instructions, to disinherit Lisa if she marries Johnny.
Johnny and Lisa conspire secretly to dose Adriana's sleeping pills with enough LSD to drive her insane. Though they accomplish their goal – and Adriana is committed to a mental hospital – a playwright friend of Adriana's (Egan) suspects foul play. He writes a play detailing Adriana's traumatic experiences and casts her in the lead role, hoping that replaying her experience on stage will cure her.
[edit] DVD release
The Big Cube was released in 2007 as part of Volume 2 of Warner Brothers' Cult Camp Classic's "Women in Peril" series, a three-part series that included John Cromwell's Caged and the film that gave Joan Crawford her last starring role, Freddie Francis' Trog.[1]
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