MOVIE · 1963
Shock Corridor
DramaMysteryThriller102 min
Ambitious reporter Johnny Barrett is so determined to solve a murder inside a mental institution that he has himself committed, entering the ward under a fabricated psychosis and a plan built with his girlfriend Cathy and psychiatrist Dr. Fong. Peter Breck is Johnny, moving through the hospital’s locked routines as his investigation puts him in contact with volatile patients, guarded staff, and the instability he is pretending to share. Constance Towers is Cathy, the outside accomplice holding the scheme together in Samuel Fuller’s 1963 drama, where a murder inquiry collides with institutional violence and the anxieties of early-’60s America.
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