SHOCK CORRIDOR (CRITERION) (BLU-RAY)

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• Release Year: 1963
• Genre: Drama; Mystery
• Plot: In Shock Corridor, the great American writer-director-producer Samuel Fuller masterfully charts the uneasy terrain between sanity and madness. Seeking a Pulitzer Prize, reporter Johnny Barrett (Peter Breck) has himself committed to a mental hospital to investigate a murder. As he closes in on the killer, insanity closes in on him. Constance Towers costars as Johnny's coolheaded stripper girlfriend. With its startling commentary on racism and other hot-button issues in sixties America and daring photography by Stanley Cortez , Shock Corridor is now recognized for its far-reaching influence.
• Cast: Peter Breck; Constance Towers; Gene Evans; James Best; Hari Rhodes; Larry Tucker; Paul Dubov; Chuck Roberson; Neyle Morrow; Bill Zuckert; John Craig; Philip Ahn; Frank Gerstle; Rachel Romen; Linda Randolph; Marie Devereux; Chuck Hicks; Samuel Fuller; Stanley Cortez; Jerome Thoms; Paul Dunlap; Eugène Lourié
• Director: Samuel Fuller
• Runtime: 1:41
• Company: Allied Artists Pictures, F & F Productions, inc., Janus Films, The Criterion Collection
• Media Format: Movie