THE MIND BENDERS (SPECIAL EDITION) [BLU-RAY]

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• Release Year: 1963
• Genre: Drama, Suspense/Thriller
• Plot: Brand New 4K Master! When the Dark Side of the Mind Is Opened, Can It Ever Be Closed Again?; ; A government scientist commits suicide while clutching a briefcase full of cash, and the police accuse him of being a Communist spy. But when his friend Dr. Henry Longman (Dirk Bogarde, Accident, Modesty Blaise) suspects that the death may have been the result of brainwashing, he decides to prove his theory by subjecting himself to sensory deprivation. Can the doctor resist the experiment's sadistic side effects... or will he fall under the control of The Mind Benders? Mary Ure (Where Eagles Dare) and Wendy Craig (The Servant) co-star this classic 1963 sci-fi thriller directed by Basil Dearden (Dead of Night, The Man Who Haunted Himself) that went on to influence Ken Russell's mind-bending Altered States. Written by James Kennaway (Tunes of Glory) and beautifully shot by Denys N. Coop (Billy Liar) with a rousing score by Georges Auric (The Wages of Fear).
• Cast: Dirk Bogarde, Mary Ure, John Clements, Michael Bryant, Wendy Craig, Harold Goldblatt, Geoffrey Keen, Terry Palmer, Norman Bird, Terence Alexander, Grace Arnold, Timothy Beaton, Elizabeth Counsell, Roger Delgado, Ashik Devello, Ian Dewar, Terence Edmond, Christopher Ellis, Edward Fox, Imogen Hassall, Robin Hawdon, Georgina Moon, Edward Palmer, Philip Ray, Renu Setna, Anthony Singleton, Teresa Van Hoorn, David Weston, Pauline Winter, Basil Dearden, James Kennaway
• Director: Basil Dearden
• Runtime: 1:49
• Company: StudioCanal Films Ltd., Kino Lorber, Inc., KL STUDIO CLASSICS (Kino Lorber Studio Classics)
• Media Format: Movie