Shock Treatment (1964) - film review

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Shock Treatment is an American film first released in 1964, directed by Denis Sanders. The film is based on a novel by Winfred Van Atta and stars Stuart Whitman, Carol Lynley, Roddy McDowall, Lauren Bacall and Olive Deering. Our overall rating for this film is: good.

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Director: Denis Sanders
Script: Sydney Boehm, Winfred Van Atta (novel)
Photo: Sam Leavitt
Music: Jerry Goldsmith
Cast: Stuart Whitman (Dale Nelson aka Arthur), Carol Lynley (Cynthia Lee Albright), Roddy McDowall (Martin Ashley), Lauren Bacall (Dr. Edwina Beighley), Olive Deering (Mrs. Mellon), Ossie Davis (Capshaw), Donald Buka (Psychologist), Paulene Myers (Dr. Walden), Evadne Baker (Intern), Robert J. Wilke (Technician Mike Newton), Bert Freed (Frank Josephson), Judith De Hart (Matron), Judson Laire (Harley Manning), George Allen (Bit Role), Larry Barton (Guard), Frank Behrens (Public Defender), Merritt Bohn (Jury Foreman), Jack Braddock (Jim, the Technician), Rusty Burrell (2nd Policeman), Timothy Carey (Hulking Patient), Linden Chiles (Al Knox, Interne), Lili Clark (Alice), John Daheim (Guard), Ed Deemer (2nd Property Clerk), John Dennis (Mental Patient on Bus), Paul Denton (Uniformed Guard), William Douglas (Paranoid), Douglass Dumbrille (Judge), Templeton Fox (Miss Lindsay), Jonathan Gilmore (A Young Mental Patient), Harold Goodwin (Library Clerk), Roy Gordon (Butler), Beatrice Grenough (Amelia Townsend), Barton Heyman (1st Young Interne), Maureen Janzen (Shopper), Jay Jostyn (Judge), Richard Jury (Court Clerk), Paul Langton (Judge Knox), Hugh Lawrence (Bus Deputy), John Lawrence (Nurse), Paul Lukather (2nd Young Interne), Don Marshall (Singer), Ed McCready (Howie), Gene O’Donnell (1st Property Clerk), Warren Parker (Walsh), Yvonne Peattie (Technician), Edward Platt (District Attorney), Sheila Rogers (Miss Gould), Michael Romanoff (Asylum Patient at Dance), Art Salter (Bit Role), Jeffrey Sayre (Lawyer at Hearing), Simon Scott (Police Desk Sergeant), Olan Soule (Hugo Paige), Leonard Stone (Psychiatrist), Geraldine Wall (Asylum Matron on Bus)
Country: USA
Language: English
Runtime: 94 min; B&W

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