Me and Sam Fuller
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Film Info
- United States
- 1963
- 101 minutes
- Color, Black and White
- 1.75:1
- English
- Spine #19
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. As he closes in on the killer, insanity closes in on him. Constance Towers costars as Johnny’s coolheaded stripper girlfriend. With its startling commentary on racism and other hot-button issues in sixties America and its daring photography by Stanley Cortez, Shock Corridor has had far-reaching influence.
Cast
| Johnny Barrett | Peter Breck |
| Cathy | Constance Towers |
| Boden | Gene Evans |
| Stuart | James Best |
| Trent | Hari Rhodes |
| Pagliacci | Larry Tucker |
| Dr. Menkin | Paul Dubov |
| Wilkes | Chuck Roberson |
| Psycho | Neyle Morrow |
| Dr. Cristo | John Matthews |
| Swanee | William Zuckert |
| Lloyd | John Craig |
| Dr. Fong | Philip Ahn |
| Police lieutenant | Frank Gerstle |
Credits
| Director | Samuel Fuller |
| Produced and written by | Samuel Fuller |
| Color sequences photographed by | Samuel Fuller |
| Choreography | Jon Gregory |
| Costumer | Einar H. Bourman |
| Art director | Eugene Lourie |
| Film editor | Jerome Thoms |
| Director of photography | Stanley Cortez and A.S.C. |
| Music | Paul Dunlap |
| A production of | Leon Fromkess and Sam Firks |
Disc Features
- New, restored high-definition digital transfer, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition
- New video interview with star Constance Towers by film historian and filmmaker
Charles Dennis - The Typewriter, the Rifle and the Movie Camera, Adam Simon’s 1996 documentary on director Samuel Fuller
- Original theatrical trailer
- PLUS: Illustrations by cartoonist Daniel Clowes and a booklet featuring an essay by critic and poet Robert Polito and excerpts from Fuller’s autobiography, A Third Face: My Tale of Writing, Fighting, and Filmmaking
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