Twisted Nerve

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.

  • Genre: Drama, Thriller, Horror
  • Release Date: 1968-12-20
  • User Rating: 6.8/10 from 50 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 52min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: Charter Film Productions
  • Production Country: United Kingdom
  • Director: Roy Boulting
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Summary

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. After being caught during a theft attempt at a department store, he befriends a female customer who is sympathetic to him, but his friendship soon turns into obsession.

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  • Hayley Mills

    as Susan Harper
  • Hywel Bennett

    as Martin (Georgie) Durnley
  • Billie Whitelaw

    as Joan Harper
  • Frank Finlay

    as Henry Durnley
  • Barry Foster

    as Gerry Henderson
  • Phyllis Calvert

    as Enid Durnley
  • Salmaan Peerzada

    as Shashie Kadir
  • Christian Roberts

    as Philip Harvey
  • Gretchen Franklin

    as Clarkie
  • Timothy West

    as Superintendant Dakin
  • Thorley Walters

    as Sir John Forrester
  • Russell Napier

    as Professor Fuller
  • Timothy Bateson

    as Mr. Groom
  • Basil Dignam

    as Doctor
  • Marianne Stone

    as Store Detective
  • Richard Davies

    as 'Taffy' Evans
Writing Roger Marshall Story
Sound Bernard Herrmann Original Music Composer
Writing Leo Marks Screenplay
Writing Roy Boulting Screenplay
Directing Roy Boulting Director
Writing Roger Marshall Idea
Production Frank Granat Producer
Camera Harry Waxman Director of Photography
Production John Boulting Executive Producer
Editing Martin Charles Editor
Production Thelma Graves Casting
Art Albert Witherick Art Direction
Production George W. George Producer
Camera Gerry Anstiss Camera Operator
Costume & Make-Up George Partleton Makeup Artist
Sound Stanley Smith Sound Editor
Costume & Make-Up Joan Carpenter Hairstylist
Writing Jeremy Scott Idea

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