Shock Treatment (1964)
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In this offbeat melodrama, a crazed gardener is relegated to a mental hospital after he goes berserk and beheads his wealthy boss. The scuttlebutt in the courtroom is that the killer has stolen over a million dollars from his former employer and has hidden it on the estate. A professional actor is hired to feign insanity to get into the home, befriend the maniac, and find out where he hid the cash. Once he is admitted, the hapless actor encounters bedlam as he meets the patients, undergoes electroshock therapy, and suffers through several injections. Eventually he finds himself falling for a manic-depressive woman. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi
- Starring:
- Stuart Whitman, Carol Lynley, (more)
- Director(s):
- Denis Sanders
Synopsis of Shock Treatment
In this offbeat melodrama, a crazed gardener is relegated to a mental hospital after he goes berserk and beheads his wealthy boss. The scuttlebutt in the courtroom is that the killer has stolen over a million dollars from his former employer and has hidden it on the estate. A professional actor is hired to feign insanity to get into the home, befriend the maniac, and find out where he hid the cash. Once he is admitted, the hapless actor encounters bedlam as he meets the patients, undergoes electroshock therapy, and suffers through several injections. Eventually he finds himself falling for a manic-depressive woman. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi
Complete Cast of Shock Treatment
- Stuart Whitman - Dale Nelson
- Lauren Bacall - Dr. Edwina Beighley
- Olive Deering - Mrs. Mellon
- Donald Buka - Psychologist
- Evadne Baker - Intern
- Judson Laire - Harley Manning
- Olive Carey
- John Lawrence - Nurse
- Olan Soule - Hugo Paige
- Roy Gordon - Butler
- Edward Platt
- Carol Lynley - Cynthia
- Roddy McDowall - Martin Ashly
- Ossie Davis - Capshaw
- Paulene Myers - Dr. Walden
- Bert Freed - Josephson
- Douglas Dumbrille - Judge
- Bob Wilke - Technician Newton
- Leonard Stone - Psychiatrist
- Timothy Carey - Hulking Patient
- Sheila Rogers - Miss Gould
- Paul Denton - Uniformed Guard
- Director(s):
- Denis Sanders
- Writer(s):
- Sydney Boehm
- Producer(s):
- Aaron Rosenberg
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