SHOCK CORRIDOR (CRITERION) (BLU-RAY)

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• Release Year: 1963
• Genre: Drama, Mystery
• Plot: 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 daring photography by Stanley Cortez , Shock Corridor is now recognized for its far-reaching influence.
• Cast: Peter Breck, Constance Towers, Gene Evans, James Best, Hari Rhodes, Larry Tucker, Paul Dubov, Chuck Roberson, Neyle Morrow, Bill Zuckert, John Craig, Philip Ahn, Frank Gerstle, Rachel Romen, Linda Randolph, Marie Devereux, Chuck Hicks, Samuel Fuller, Stanley Cortez, Jerome Thoms, Paul Dunlap, Eugène Lourié
• Director: Samuel Fuller
• Runtime: 1:41
• Company: Allied Artists Pictures, F & F Productions, inc., Janus Films, The Criterion Collection
• Media Format: Movie