Shock Treatment (1964 film)

This article is about the 1964 film. For other uses of the term 'shock treatment', including other films with the same name, see Shock therapy.
Shock Treatment
Directed by Denis Sanders
Produced by Aaron Rosenberg
Screenplay by Sydney Boehm
Based on Shock Treatment
1961 novel
by Winfred Van Atta
Starring Stuart Whitman
Carol Lynley
Roddy McDowall
Lauren Bacall
Music by Jerry Goldsmith
Cinematography Sam Leavitt
Edited by Louis R. Loeffler
Distributed by 20th Century-Fox
Release dates
  • 1964 (1964)
Running time
 94 min.
Country United States
Language English
Budget $1,285,000[1]

Shock Treatment is a 1964 drama film directed by Denis Sanders that takes place in a mental institution, starring Stuart Whitman, Carol Lynley, Roddy McDowall and Lauren Bacall.[2]

Plot summary

After beheading wealthy Mrs. Townsend, gardener Martin Ashley (McDowall) turns himself in to the police, is found insane and sent to a mental institution ruled by psychiatrist Edwina Beighley (Bacall).

Townsend's executor (Judson Laire) is suspicious of Ashley and hires actor Dale Nelson (Whitman) to simulate madness and locate a million dollars in stolen loot that Ashley might have hidden. Nelson becomes acquainted with Cynthia Albright, a patient, and develops a personal interest in her.

Dr. Beighley uses hypnosis on Ashley and learns of a million dollars he supposedly has buried. She is desperate for money to continue her work. She also comes to realize that Nelson is not who or what he seems to be. Before he can flee, Nelson is given injections of drugs by Dr. Beighley that leave him in catatonic states.

Late one night, Ashley and Dr. Beighley are discovered digging a hole near the old Townsend estate. In the box Ashley has buried is nothing but the ashes of money he has burned. Ashley and the doctor are both quite mad, and they end up admitted in the hospital while Nelson and Cynthia are set free.

Cast

See also

References

  1. ↑ Solomon, Aubrey. Twentieth Century Fox: A Corporate and Financial History (The Scarecrow Filmmakers Series). Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press, 1989. ISBN 978-0-8108-4244-1. p254
  2. ↑ "Shock Treatment". Turner Classic Movies. Atlanta: Turner Broadcasting System (Time Warner). Retrieved November 6, 2016.
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