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Director
  
Music director
  
Duration
  

Language
  
English

6.8/10
IMDb

Genre
  
Drama

Cinematography
  
Country
  
United States

Shock Treatment (1964 film) movie poster

Release date
  
1964 (1964)

Based on
  
Shock Treatment1961 novel by Winfred Van Atta

Writer
  
Sydney Boehm (screenplay), Winfred Van Atta (novel)

Cast
  
(Dale Nelson / Arthur), (Martin Ashley), (Cynthia Lee Albright), (Dr. Edwina Beighley),
Timothy Carey
(Hulking patient)

Similar movies
  
Grave Encounters
,
Grave Encounters 2
,
Asylum
,
The Shadowed Mind
,
Stonehearst Asylum
,
Mystery Men

Tagline
  
You Won't Be The Same When You Come Out Of Shock Treatment

Shock treatment


Shock Treatment is a 1964 American neo noir drama film directed by Denis Sanders that takes place in a mental institution, starring Stuart Whitman, Carol Lynley, Roddy McDowall and Lauren Bacall.

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Plot summary

Shock Treatment (1964 film) shock treatment The Timothy Carey Experience

After beheading wealthy Mrs. Townsend, gardener Martin Ashley (McDowall) turns himself in to the police, is found insane and sent to a mental institution ruled by psychiatrist Edwina Beighley (Bacall).

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Townsend's executor (Judson Laire) is suspicious of Ashley and hires actor Dale Nelson (Whitman) to simulate madness and locate a million dollars in stolen loot that Ashley might have hidden. Nelson becomes acquainted with Cynthia Albright, a patient, and develops a personal interest in her.

Shock Treatment (1964 film) Lauren Bacall Shock Treatment 1964 Dr Edwina Beighley the female

Dr. Beighley uses hypnosis on Ashley and learns of a million dollars he supposedly has buried. She is desperate for money to continue her work. She also comes to realize that Nelson is not who or what he seems to be. Before he can flee, Nelson is given injections of drugs by Dr. Beighley that leave him in catatonic states.

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Late one night, Ashley and Dr. Beighley are discovered digging a hole near the old Townsend estate. In the box Ashley has buried is nothing but the ashes of money he has burned. Ashley and the doctor are both quite mad, and they end up admitted in the hospital while Nelson and Cynthia are set free.

Cast

Shock Treatment (1964 film) denis sanders The Timothy Carey Experience

  • Stuart Whitman as Dale Nelson / Arthur
  • Carol Lynley as Cynthia Lee Albright
  • Roddy McDowall as Martin Ashley
  • Lauren Bacall as Dr. Edwina Beighley
  • Olive Deering as Mrs. Mellon
  • Ossie Davis as Capshaw
  • Donald Buka as Psychologist
  • Paulene Myers as Dr. Walden
  • Evadne Baker as Intern
  • Robert J. Wilke as Technician Mike Newton
  • Bert Freed as Frank Josephson
  • Judith De Hart as Matron
  • Judson Laire as Harley Manning
  • Simon Scott as Police Desk Sergeant (uncredited)

  • Shock Treatment (1964 film) Shock Treatment 1964 Denis Sanders Cast and Crew AllMovie

    References

    Shock Treatment (1964 film) Wikipedia
    Shock Treatment (1964 film) IMDb Shock Treatment (1964 film) themoviedb.org