Mystery ·Crime ·Science Fiction · United Kingdom · 1958 · 1h 20m

Escapement

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Director
Montgomery TullyDavid Paltenghi
Cast
Rod Cameron as Jeff Keenan Mary Murphy as Ruth Vance Meredith Edwards as Doctor Maxwell Peter Illing as Paul Zakon Carl Jaffe as Doctor Hoff Kay Callard as Laura Maxwell
Crew
Teddy Catford — Director of Photography Bert Mason — Director of Photography Geoffrey Muller — Editor Charles Eric Maine — Screenplay Alec C. Snowden — Producer
Tagline

SWEET-FLESHED BEAUTY BECOMES DOCILE OF DEMONIACAL MONSTER!

Synopsis

An insurance investigator tumbles onto a series of similar deaths, by brain hemorrhage, of patients of a psychiatric clinic in France where therapy involves a device which can implant visual imagery in the minds of patients, ostensibly to help them relax.

Mood & Themes
fistfightmurderbrainwashingaccidental deathinsurance investigatordream sequenceapparent suicidemind alterationgun fightpsychiatric clinicinduced dreamscerebral hemorrhage
Key Collaborators
Montgomery Tully Director David Paltenghi Director Teddy Catford Director of Photography Bert Mason Director of Photography Geoffrey Muller Editor Charles Eric Maine Screenplay Alec C. Snowden Producer
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