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Shock Corridor

1963, Movie, NR, 101 mins

SHOCK CORRIDOR
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Good example of Fuller's "tabloid" filmmaking style, displaying the contradictory politics and pugnacious visual style that earned him the label "American primitive." A self-serving reporter (Breck) has himself confined to an asylum so he can uncover a murder and win a Pulitzer Prize. He is sucked into the maelstrom of the asylum, which is presented as a microcosm of contemporary society, and eventually loses his mind. Fuller plays cinematic bully here, forcefully confronti... read more leave a comment
Year: 1963
Rated NR

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Cast
Peter Breck: Johnny Barrett
Constance Towers: Cathy
Gene Evans: Boden
James Best: Stuart
Hari Rhodes: Trent
Larry Tucker: Pagliacci

 

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