An overly ambitious reporter gets himself admitted into a psychiatric hospital in order to uncover evidence from a murder. Read more
| Starring | Peter Breck, Constance Towers, Gene Evans, James Best |
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| Director | Samuel Fuller |
| Genres | Thriller |
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Sensational melodrama, a cinematic equivalent of the yellow press, and on that level quite lively.
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Dont Bother!
I found this to be awful from start to finish....bad acting....cliched script and directing....save yourself and dont bother renting it unless you like cheesy ... read more »
[Highly rated reviewer]
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interesting experimental cinema
Taken on its own terms - a piece of experimental cinema dealing with mental illness-this is an interesting, well shot film.
OK, so some of the ... read more »
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Glass Half-“Full”
Ah the sixties - so much to answer for! Pre-dating One Flew Over the Cuckoos' Nest this suffers dreadfully by comparison. The plot is forced, the acting ... read more »
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Seriously thought provoking
I first watched this film in 1964 at a cinema club (it was not on general release) and it had a profound impact on me, perhaps almost as much as any film I have... read more »
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B-movie masterpiece by Samuel Fuller
Samuel Fuller was loved by the French nouvelle vague for a reason, he's bloody brilliant. 'Shock Corridor' is a biting satire of the US, where the ... read more »
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Still has the power to unsettle but somewhat cheesy all the same
I don't really rate Sam Fuller's films and frankly when you take his work outside of the time it was created, they seem to be empty and banal. Shock ... read more »
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America`s nightmare
A fantastic metaphor of America`s way of life, its historical traumas and its dreams that, indeed, usually become nightmares.
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Dont Bother!
I found this to be awful from start to finish....bad acting....cliched script and directing....save yourself and dont bother renting it unless you like cheesy ... read more »
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one tripped over the cuckoos nest
a journalist pretends to be mentally ill to be locked up in an institute where an unsolved murder was committed and then finds that he is losing his own grip on... read more »
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