Film
Twisted Nerve
1968 · 1h 52m · Thriller · Horror
Cleaver. Cleaver. Chop. Chop. First the mom and then the pop. Then we'll get the pretty girl. We'll get her right between the curl.
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Overview
Martin Durnley is a young man with an infantilizing mother, resentful stepfather and an institutionalized brother with Down's syndrome. To cope, he retreats into an alternate child personality he calls Georgie. After being caught during a theft attempt at a department store, he befriends a female customer who is sympathetic to him, but his friendship soon turns into obsession.
Cast
Hayley Mills
Susan Harper
Hywel Bennett
Martin (Georgie) Durnley
Billie Whitelaw
Joan Harper
Frank Finlay
Henry Durnley
Barry Foster
Gerry Henderson
Phyllis Calvert
Enid Durnley
Salmaan Peerzada
Shashie Kadir
Christian Roberts
Philip Harvey
Gretchen Franklin
Clarkie
Timothy West
Superintendant Dakin
Thorley Walters
Sir John Forrester
Russell Napier
Professor Fuller
Timothy Bateson
Mr. Groom
Basil Dignam
Doctor
Marianne Stone
Store Detective
Richard Davies
'Taffy' Evans
Crew
- Roy BoultingDirector · Screenplay
- Leo MarksScreenplay
- Roger MarshallStory
- Frank GranatProducer
- George W. GeorgeProducer
- John BoultingExecutive Producer
- Harry WaxmanDirector of Photography
- Bernard HerrmannOriginal Music Composer
- Martin CharlesEditor
- Thelma GravesCasting
Media
Details
- Release date
- December 20, 1968
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Runtime
- 1h 52m
- Rated
- PG
- Genres
- Thriller, Horror
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