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.

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instanceOf film
psychological drama film
cinematographyBy Stanley Cortez NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
director Samuel Fuller NERFINISHED
distributor Allied Artists Pictures NERFINISHED
editedBy Jerome Thoms NERFINISHED
filmingTechnique expressionistic cinematography
use of dream and hallucination sequences
followsCharacter Johnny Barrett NERFINISHED
genre drama film
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
institutional corruption
journalism
mental illness
racism
homeMediaRelease Blu-ray
DVD
includedInList cult films
musicBy Paul Dunlap NERFINISHED
notableFor critique of American society in the early 1960s
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
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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James Best appearedIn Shock Corridor