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Audiences rate it 24 points higher than critics do.
Synopsis
The Faust legend retold (loosely) and applied to a mentally disturbed patient in a hospital run by a doctor of dubious sanity himself. The patient offers the innocent orderly vast riches if he'll help him escape.
Ratings
IMDb5.3/10
Rotten Tomatoes29%
Audiences rate it 24 points higher than critics do.
8 audience votes
Key crew
- Peter UstinovDirector
- Stanford WhitmoreWriter
- Dominic FrontiereOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Elizabeth TaylorJimmie Jean Jackson
- Richard BurtonHammersmith
- Peter UstinovDoctor
- Beau BridgesBilly Breedlove
- Leon AmesGeneral Sam Pembroke
- Leon AskinDr. Krodt
- George RaftGuido Scartucci
- John SchuckHenry Joe
- Marjorie EatonPrincess
- Lisa JakKiddo
- Linda Gaye ScottMiss Quim
- Mel BergerFat Man