| Description |
1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 101 min.) : sound, black and white |
| Summary |
In Shock corridor, the great American writer-director-producer Samuel Fuller masterfully charts the uneasy terrain between sanity and madness. Seeking a Pulitzer Prize, reporter Johnny Barrett (Peter Breck) has himself committed to a mental hospital to investigate a murder. As he closes in on the killer, insanity closes in on him. Constance Towers costars as Johnny's coolheaded stripper girlfriend. With its startling commentary on racism and other hot-button issues in sixties America and its daring photography by Stanley Cortez, Shock corridor has had far-reaching influence |
| Notes |
Title from title frames |
| Credits |
Music by Paul Dunlap ; director of photography, Stanley Cortez ; film editor, Jerome Thoms |
| Cast |
Peter Breck, Constance Towers, Gene Evans, James Best, Hari Rhodes |
| Event |
Originally produced by Criterion Collection/Janus Films in 1963 |
| Notes |
In English with optional English captions |
| Subject |
Mental illness -- Drama
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Psychiatric hospitals -- Drama
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Journalists -- Drama
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Murder -- Drama
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Psychiatric hospitals.
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Mental illness.
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Journalists.
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Murder.
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| Genre/Form |
Feature films.
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Drama.
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Feature films.
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| Form |
Streaming video
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| Author |
Fuller, Samuel, 1912-1997, film director, film producer, screenwriter.
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Breck, Peter, actor.
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Towers, Constance, actor.
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Evans, Gene, 1922-1998, actor.
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Best, James, 1926-2015, actor.
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Rhodes, Hari, actor.
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Dunlap, Paul, 1919-2010, composer.
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Cortez, Stanley, director of photography.
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Thoms, Jerome, editor of moving image work.
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