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Shock Corridor is a 1963 American psychological thriller film starring Peter Breck, Constance Towers, and Gene Evans. Written, directed and produced by Samuel Fuller, it tells the story of a journalist who gets himself intentionally committed to a mental hospital to solve a murder committed within the institution.
Jan 18, 2011 · A classic film by Samuel Fuller about a reporter who fakes insanity to expose a murder in a mental hospital. The Criterion edition features a new transfer, interviews, documentary, and more.
- Johnny Barrett
A 1963 drama about a reporter who fakes insanity to investigate a murder at a mental institution. See critics and audience reviews, where to watch, cast and crew, and more information about this film.
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- Peter Breck
- Samuel Fuller
- Drama
A journalist fakes insanity to investigate a murder in a mental hospital and uncovers a shocking secret. Read the plot details, cast and crew, trivia, and user reviews of this classic thriller film.
Late in Shock Corridor, in a rare moment of lucidity, Boden (Gene Evans), one of the mental patients Johnny Barrett (Peter Breck) tries to crack in order to solve a mystery, draws Barrett a portrait. It sets Barrett off: That's not me, he argues.
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- Samuel Fuller
Aug 25, 1998 · A reporter (Peter Breck) goes undercover in a mental asylum to solve a murder and win a Pulitzer Prize, but his quest for truth reveals his own dark secrets. Shock Corridor is a visionary, pulp film by the original Hollywood director, Samuel Fuller, with themes of racism, anti-communism and the bomb.
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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.
