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Shock Corridor

Samuel Fuller

United States

1963

101 minutes

Color, Black and White

1.85:1

English

19

Synopsis

Seeking a Pulitzer Prize, a reporter has himself committed to a mental hospital to investigate a murder. As he closes in on the killer, madness closes in on him. Writer, director, and producer Samuel Fuller masterfully charts the uneasy terrain between sanity and dementia. Criterion is proud to present Shock Corridor in a gorgeous, black and white widescreen transfer with its rarely seen color sequences.

Cast

Johnny BarrettPeter Breck
CathyConstance Towers
BodenGene Evans
StuartJames Best
TrentHari Rhodes
PagliacciLarry Tucker
Dr. MenkinPaul Dubov
WilkesChuck Roberson
PsychoNeyle Morrow
Dr. CristoJohn Matthews
SwaneeWilliam Zuckert
LloydJohn Craig
Dr. FongPhilip Ahn
Police lieutenantFrank Gerstle

Credits

DirectorSamuel Fuller
Written, produced, and directed bySamuel Fuller
Color sequences photographed bySamuel Fuller
EditingJerome Thoms
CinematographyStanley Cortez
MusicPaul Dunlap
ChoreographyJon Gregory
Costume designEinar H. Bourman
Art directorEugene Lourie

Disc Features

  • Theatrical trailer

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