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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.
Determined to pull in the Pulitzer Prize, reporter Johnny Barrett (Peter Breck) will go to any length necessary to win the coveted award. When he learns of an unsolved murder committed at a mental...
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- Peter Breck
- Samuel Fuller
- Drama
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
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
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.
A reporter fakes insanity to crack a murder committed in an asylum.
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.
