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A Balasaur Score of 78 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7.3/10, Rotten Tomatoes 94%. Critics rate it 21 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 73% of the 781 1960s drama movies in this catalog. Streaming on Max.
Synopsis
With the help of his girlfriend Cathy and Dr. Fong, a psychiatrist, ambitious journalist Johnny Barrett poses as a madman in order to be admitted to a mental institution where a bloody murder has been committed.
Ratings
IMDb7.3/10
Rotten Tomatoes94%
Critics rate it 21 points higher than audiences do.
303 audience votes
Key crew
- Samuel FullerDirector
- Samuel FullerScreenplay
- Paul DunlapOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Peter BreckJohnny Barrett
- Constance TowersCathy
- Gene EvansBoden
- James BestStuart
- Hari RhodesTrent
- Larry TuckerPagliacci
- Paul DubovDr. Menkin
- Chuck RobersonWilkes
- Neyle MorrowPsycho
- John MatthewsDr. Cristo
- Bill ZuckertSwanee
- John CraigLloyd
Stills
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Themes
journalistinsane asylum
The Best Movies of 1963
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