Synopsis
In
Shock Corridor, the great American writer-director-producer
Samuel Fuller masterfully charts the uneasy terrain between sanity and dementia. 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, madness closes in on him. Constance Towers co-stars as Johnny's coolheaded stripper girlfriend. With its startling commentary on race in sixties America and daring photography by
Stanley Cortez,
Shock Corridor is now recognised for its far-reaching influence.
