Shock Corridor
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Shock Corridor is a 1963 psychological drama film directed by Samuel Fuller about a journalist who feigns insanity to investigate a murder inside a mental institution.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Shock Corridor canonical | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
film
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psychological drama film ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Stanley Cortez NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| director | Samuel Fuller NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Allied Artists Pictures NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy | Jerome Thoms NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingTechnique |
expressionistic cinematography
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use of dream and hallucination sequences ⓘ |
| followsCharacter | Johnny Barrett NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
drama film
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psychological drama ⓘ |
| hasCriticalReception | acclaimed for bold style and social commentary ⓘ |
| hasFilmRating | unrated (original release) ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn | later psychological thrillers ⓘ |
| hasMainCharacter | Johnny Barrett NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSequelOrRelatedWork | The Naked Kiss NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
Cold War paranoia
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institutional corruption ⓘ journalism ⓘ mental illness ⓘ racism ⓘ |
| homeMediaRelease |
Blu-ray
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DVD ⓘ |
| includedInList | cult films ⓘ |
| musicBy | Paul Dunlap NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
critique of American society in the early 1960s
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depiction of mental illness in American cinema ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf | Samuel Fuller filmography NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A journalist feigns insanity to enter a mental institution and investigate a murder. ⓘ |
| producer | Samuel Fuller NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Allied Artists Pictures NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1963 ⓘ |
| releaseFormat | black-and-white film ⓘ |
| restoredBy | The Criterion Collection NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 101 ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Samuel Fuller NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | mental institution ⓘ |
| starring |
Constance Towers
NERFINISHED
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Gene Evans NERFINISHED ⓘ Hari Rhodes NERFINISHED ⓘ James Best NERFINISHED ⓘ Larry Tucker NERFINISHED ⓘ Paul Dubov NERFINISHED ⓘ Peter Breck NERFINISHED ⓘ Philip Ahn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | contemporary to early 1960s United States ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.