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Twisted Nerve (1968)

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Film details

Featuring

Marianne Stone Hayley Mills Hywel Bennett
Countries

United Kingdom USA
Year

1968
Genre

Drama
Type

Film
Category

Fiction

Synopsis

Martin lives at home with his mother and stepfather, who is worried about his lack of motivation. When he tries to send him to Australia to take a job, Martin says he's going to Paris but goes to stay at the house of Susan, a young woman he met in a toy shop. He pretends to have learning difficulties and they treat him like a child. One night he sneaks out of the house and murders his stepfather. Susan finds out who he really is and goes home to warn her mother but Martin has already killed her. Martin shoots himself and the police arrive to find him dying at Susan's feet.

Cast & Credits

Cast
- - lady store detective
    
    Marianne Stone
  - Susan Harper
    
    Hayley Mills
  - Martin Durnley
    
    Hywel Bennett
  - Joan Harper
    
    Billie Whitelaw
  - Enid Durnley
    
    Phyllis Calvert
  - Gerry Henderson
    
    Barry Foster
  - Henry Durnley
    
    Frank Finlay
  - Shashie Kadir
    
    Salmaan Peer
  - Philip Harvey
    
    Christian Roberts
  - 'Clarkie'
    
    Gretchen Franklin
  - Sir John Forrester
    
    Thorley Walters
  - Professor Fuller
    
    Russell Napier
  - shop manager
    
    Robin Parkinson
  - Mr Groom
    
    Timothy Bateson
  - Superintendent Dakin
    
    Timothy West
  - Detective-Sergeant Rogers
    
    Brian Peck
  - 'Taffy' Evans
    
    Richard Davies
  - doctor
    
    Basil Dignam
  - lady patient
    
    Mollie Maureen
Credits
- Unknown:
  - Directed by
    
    Roy Boulting
  - ©
    
    Charter Film Productions
  - Presented by
    
    National General Pictures
  - Executive Producer
    
    John Boulting
  - Produced by
    
    George W. George
  - Produced by
    
    Frank Granat
  - Production Administrator
    
    Philip Shipway
  - Production Administrator
    
    Jack Rix
  - Production Accountant
    
    Arthur Cleaver
  - Production Secretary
    
    Russell, Phyllis
  - Assistant Director
    
    Douglas Hermes
  - Casting Director
    
    Thelma Graves
  - Screenplay by
    
    Leo Marks
  - Screenplay by
    
    Roy Boulting
  - Adapted from a screen story by
    
    Roger Marshall
  - From an idea by
    
    Roger Marshall
  - From an idea by
    
    Jeremy Scott
  - Director of Photography
    
    Harry Waxman
  - Camera Operator
    
    Gerry Anstiss
  - Editor
    
    Martin Charles
  - Assistant Editor
    
    Barbara Cohen
  - Art Director
    
    Albert Witherick
  - Hayley Mills' Wardrobe Designed by
    
    Hazel Graeme
  - Wardrobe
    
    Bridget Sellers
  - Make-up
    
    George Partleton
  - Hairdresser
    
    Joan Carpenter
  - Titles
    
    Morton Lewis
  - Colour by
    
    Technicolor
  - Music
    
    Bernard Herrmann
  - Jazz Version of "Georgie" Theme
    
    Bernard Herrmann
  - Jazz Version of "Georgie" Theme Arranged
    
    Howard Blake
  - Sound
    
    David Bowen
  - Sound
    
    Jack Davies
  - Dubbing
    
    Nolan Roberts
  - Sound Editor
    
    Smith, Stanley
  - Made at/Filmed at
    
    Shepperton Studios

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