Twisted Nerve (1968)
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.
1968 · PG · 1h 52m · Thriller, Horror
Genres: Thriller, Horror
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.
Director: Roy Boulting
Writers: Roger Marshall, Leo Marks, Roy Boulting
Music by: Bernard Herrmann
Cinematography: Harry Waxman
Editor: Martin Charles
Rated 6.8/10 by 60 viewers
Cast
Hayley Mills as Susan HarperHywel Bennett as Martin (Georgie) DurnleyBillie Whitelaw as Joan HarperFrank Finlay as Henry DurnleyBarry Foster as Gerry HendersonPhyllis Calvert as Enid DurnleySalmaan Peerzada as Shashie KadirChristian Roberts as Philip HarveyGretchen Franklin as ClarkieTimothy West as Superintendant DakinThorley Walters as Sir John ForresterRussell Napier as Professor FullerMore like this
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