Directed by:
Samuel FullerScreenplay:
Samuel FullerCinematography:
Stanley CortezComposer:
Paul DunlapCast:
Peter Breck, Constance Towers, Gene Evans, James Best, Hari Rhodes, Larry Tucker, Chuck Roberson, Neyle Morrow, Bill Zuckert, Paul Dubov, Philip Ahn (more)Plots(1)
In Shock Corridor, the great American writer-director-producer Samuel Fuller masterfully charts the uneasy terrain between sanity and madness. 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, insanity closes in on him. Constance Towers costars as Johnny’s coolheaded stripper girlfriend. With its startling commentary on racism and other hot-button issues in sixties America and its daring photography by Stanley Cortez, Shock Corridor has had far-reaching influence. (Criterion)
(more)Cast
![Peter Breck](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/120/455/120455685_ca8527.jpg)
Peter Breck
USA
Best movies:
Shock Corridor (1963)
I Want to Live! (1958)
Highway 61 (1991)
![Constance Towers](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/386/386805_46a050.jpg)
Constance Towers
USA
Best movies:
Sergeant Rutledge (1960)
Shock Corridor (1963)
A Perfect Murder (1998)
![Gene Evans](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/288/161288166_38e589.jpg)
Gene Evans
USA
Best movies:
Ace in the Hole (1951)
The Sacketts (1979) (TV movie)
Storm Warning (1951)
![James Best](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/022/809/22809402_716245.jpg)
James Best
USA
Best movies:
The Dukes of Hazzard: Reunion! (1997) (TV movie)
Winchester '73 (1950)
How the West Was Won (1976) (series)
![Hari Rhodes](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/317/317718_a69e0b.jpg)
Hari Rhodes
USA
Best movies:
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
Roots (1977) (series)
Shock Corridor (1963)
![Larry Tucker](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/288/161288167_c82ecf.jpg)
Larry Tucker
USA
Best movies:
Advise and Consent (1962)
Blast of Silence (1961)
Shock Corridor (1963)
![Chuck Roberson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/288/161288177_cd5a00.jpg)
Chuck Roberson
USA
Best movies:
The Big Country (1958)
El Dorado (1966)
Spartacus (1960)
![Neyle Morrow](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/288/161288181_5807e0.jpg)
Neyle Morrow
USA
Best movies:
The Ten Commandments (1956)
Julius Caesar (1953)
Anna and the King of Siam (1946)
![Bill Zuckert](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/288/161288193_e404fa.jpg)
Bill Zuckert
USA
Best movies:
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)
The Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult (1994)
![Paul Dubov](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/946/159946603_3077be.jpg)
Paul Dubov
USA
Best movies:
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
High Noon (1952)
Shock Corridor (1963)
![Philip Ahn](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/288/161288200_29b36e.jpg)
Philip Ahn
USA
Best movies:
The Good Earth (1937)
The Keys of the Kingdom (1944)
The Thief of Bagdad (1924)
![Frank Gerstle](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/587/162587303_0eebad.jpg)
Frank Gerstle
USA
Best movies:
The Bad and the Beautiful (1952)
The Proud Ones (1956)
Bullitt (1968)
John Matthews
USA
Best movies:
Shock Corridor (1963)
Wally Campo
USA
Best movies:
Shock Corridor (1963)
Tales of Terror (1962)
Machine-Gun Kelly (1958)
Harry Fleer
USA
Best movies:
Band of Angels (1957)
Shock Corridor (1963)
The Rare Breed (1966)
Lucille Curtis
USA
Best movies:
North by Northwest (1959)
Shock Corridor (1963)
Father of the Bride (1950)
Barbara Perry
USA
Best movies:
Counsellor at Law (1933)
Shock Corridor (1963)
From the Terrace (1960)
![Chuck Hicks](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/631/163631508_4f5833.jpg)
Chuck Hicks
USA
Best movies:
Cool Hand Luke (1967)
Raging Bull (1980)
Days of Wine and Roses (1962)