Shock Corridor
Shock Corridor ★★★ 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. 101m/B VHS, DVD . Peter Breck, Constance Towers, Gene Evans, Hari Rhodes, James Best, Philip Ahn, Larry Tucker, Paul Dubov; D: Samuel Fuller; W: Samuel Fuller; C: Stanley Cortez; M: Paul Dunlap. Natl. Film Reg. '96.
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