Shock Corridor - Drama
Director: Samuel Fuller
Year: 1963
Country: USA
Duration: 101 mins
Cast: Peter Breck, Constance Towers and Gene Evans
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Peter Breck plays journalist Johnny Barrett, who thinks the quickest way to a Pulitzer Prize is to uncover the facts behind a murder at a mental hospital. So, he pretends to go insane and is locked up in the institution. While pursuing his investigation, he is sidetracked by the behavior of his fellow inmates. After a hospital riot, Barrett is straight-jacketed and subjected to shock treatment. Barrett begins imagining that his exotic-dancer girlfriend is his sister, and experiences many other symptoms of mental breakdown. He learns the identity of the killer, and writes his story, but the damage to his mind is irreparable, and he never leaves the hospital.