Shock Corridor
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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.
BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
- New, restored high-definition digital transfer, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack
- New video interview with star Constance Towers by film historian and filmmaker Charles Dennis
- The Typewriter, the Rifle and the Movie Camera, Adam Simon’s 1996 documentary on director Samuel Fuller
- Original theatrical trailer
- English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- PLUS: Illustrations by cartoonist Daniel Clowes and a new essay by critic and poet Robert Polito and excerpts from Fuller’s autobiography, A Third Face: My Tale of Writing, Fighting, and Filmmaking
New cover by Daniel Clowes
BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
- New, restored high-definition digital transfer, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack
- New video interview with star Constance Towers by film historian and filmmaker Charles Dennis
- The Typewriter, the Rifle and the Movie Camera, Adam Simon’s 1996 documentary on director Samuel Fuller
- Original theatrical trailer
- English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- PLUS: Illustrations by cartoonist Daniel Clowes and a new essay by critic and poet Robert Polito and excerpts from Fuller’s autobiography, A Third Face: My Tale of Writing, Fighting, and Filmmaking
New cover by Daniel Clowes
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Cast
- Peter Breck
- Johnny Barrett
- Constance Towers
- Cathy
- Gene Evans
- Boden
- James Best
- Stuart
- Hari Rhodes
- Trent
- Larry Tucker
- Pagliacci
- Paul Dubov
- Dr. Menkin
- Chuck Roberson
- Wilkes
- Neyle Morrow
- Psycho
- John Matthews
- Dr. Cristo
- William Zuckert
- Swanee
- John Craig
- Lloyd
- Philip Ahn
- Dr. Fong
- Frank Gerstle
- Police lieutenant
Credits
- Director
- Samuel Fuller
- Produced and written by
- Samuel Fuller
- Color sequences photographed by
- Samuel Fuller
- Choreography
- Jon Gregory
- Costumer
- Einar H. Bourman
- Art director
- Eugène Lourié
- Film editor
- Jerome Thoms
- Director of photography
- Stanley Cortez, A.S.C.
- Music
- Paul Dunlap
- A production of
- Leon Fromkess
- A production of
- Sam Firks
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