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Shock Corridor

Movie
1963
1h 42m
English
Drama, Thriller, Mystery
User Score: 
7.4
Critic Score: 
90
Shock Corridor' Poster
With the help of his girlfriend Cathy and Dr. Fong, a psychiatrist, ambitious journalist Johnny Barrett poses as a madman in order to be admitted to a mental institution where a bloody murder has been committed.
Shock Corridor Poster

Shock Corridor

Movie
1963
1h 42m
English
Drama, Thriller, Mystery
With the help of his girlfriend Cathy and Dr. Fong, a psychiatrist, ambitious journalist Johnny Barrett poses as a madman in order to be admitted to a mental institution where a bloody murder has been committed.
Rating
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7.4
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Shock Corridor (1963) on IMDb
CRITIC SCORE
90

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Directed By: Samuel Fuller
Written By: Samuel Fuller (Screenplay)

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juliosoft says...
2 years ago
great movie about how the desire to achieve something can turn against you.
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soonertbone says...
a month ago
Very strange movie--sort of a B-movie exploitation picture with noir trappings. None of it makes a whole lot of sense, and as with most movies of the era the mental illness stuff is sort of ludicrous.
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DarkKn1ght says...
6 years ago
Great idea for a plot but the it suffers from poor execution. I'd skip this one.
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furiousfoe says...
7 years ago
Two Good Reasons to Watch Shock Corridor: James Best (aka Roscoe P. Coltrane from "Dukes of Hazzard" fame) plays an insane former Korean war POW that is obsessed with the Civil War. Hari Rhodes as a black man who steals a pillow case to wear as a KKK mask when he gives a fiery racist speech that incites a patient riot.
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moonkodi
CONTAINS SPOILERS5/10  9 years ago
The idea isn't bad. It's a little odd. Johnny works for a newspaper and wants to get into a psychiatric hospital to find out who killed Sloan so he can write about it and win a book prize. The newspaper guys are confident in the plan. Will they be innthe end? Cathy is a dancer, which kind of More
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