The Mind Snatchers (1972)
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Based on the long-running Broadway play by Dennis Reardon, The Happiness Cage, a multinational filmmaking effort, is a drama about medical experimentation in the U.S. military. The experiment is a brain operation which removes pain, replacing it either with bliss or sensual satisfaction. It is at first attempted on terminal cancer patients, but finally the doctors receive permission to test the procedure on a healthy but thoroughly obnoxious subject (Christopher Walken). ~ Clarke Fountain, Rovi
- Director(s):
- Bernard Girard
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- PG
- Format(s):
- DVD
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Synopsis of The Mind Snatchers
Based on the long-running Broadway play by Dennis Reardon, The Happiness Cage, a multinational filmmaking effort, is a drama about medical experimentation in the U.S. military. The experiment is a brain operation which removes pain, replacing it either with bliss or sensual satisfaction. It is at first attempted on terminal cancer patients, but finally the doctors receive permission to test the procedure on a healthy but thoroughly obnoxious subject (Christopher Walken). ~ Clarke Fountain, Rovi
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 93 mins
Complete Cast of The Mind Snatchers
- Joss Ackland - Dr. Frederick
- Ronny Cox - Miles
- Ralph Meeker
- Marco St. John - Orderly
- Christopher Walken - Pvt. James Reese
- Birthe Neumann - Lisa
- John Zellers
- Morten Dryer
- Melvyn Ellis
- Jorgen Falster
- Torben Hundal
- Norman Mackie
- Tom Aldredge - Medic
- Bette Henritze - Anna Kraus
- Claus Nissen - Psychiatrist
- Susan Travers - Nurse Schroeder
- Marco St. John
- Katherine Argo
- Marsden Wagner
- Diana Vangsaard
- Soren Steen
- Leslie Ogle
- Roland Jourdan
- Director(s):
- Bernard Girard
- Writer(s):
- Ron Whyte
- Producer(s):
- Joseph Papp, Richard Lewis, George Goodman
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- PG(Suitable for Children, Violence, Profanity)
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