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Actors: Peter Breck, Constance Towers, Gene Evans, John Matthews
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Shock Corridor |
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SHOCK CORRIDOR is a movie written, produced and directed by Samuel Fuller in 1963.
Peter Breck, an ambitious young journalist, fakes a mental illness in order to enter a mental institution as a patient. He wants to discover by himself who's responsible for the death of Stuart, another patient who recently died. Peter must endure countless examinations of the hospital's psychiatrists and even electrical treatment. Soon, his girl-friend Constance Towers remarks that Peter is losing little by little his sanity but the chief editor has faith in Peter's ability to control the situation. Meanwhile, Peter is questioning the patients who witnessed what has happened to Stuart.
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Shock Corridor |
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Plot
Time/era of movie:
- 1960's-1970's
Crime & Scandal
Yes
Job/Profession/Poverty Story?
Yes
Job:
- mental patient
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- journalist
Age:
- 20's-30's
Eccentric:
Yes
- obsessed
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) average
Events of movie makes character more...
- aggressive
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor?
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair color
- blonde
Hair style
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn straight
Body type
- (woman) ample bosom & buttocks
Unclothed?
- very tight clothes
How much in movie?
- 60%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 20's-30's
Profession/status:
- doctor
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 40%
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) average
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Setting
United States
Yes
Misc setting
- mental hospital
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- no torture/death
Movie makes you feel...
- in awe
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- kissing
Check here if B&W
Yes
If lots of song/dance...
- lot of singing
If soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Orchestra/classical
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