1963 | United States | Fiction

Shock Corridor

  • English 101 mins
  • Director | Samuel Fuller
  • Writer | Samuel Fuller
  • Producer | Samuel Fuller

STATUS: Released

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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 its daring photography by Stanley Cortez, Shock Corridor has had far-reaching influence.

Madness Investigation Isolation Paranoia Obsession
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The Criterion Collection
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