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.

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.

Date of release
1968-12-20
TMDB
6.8 / 10 (60)
Runtime
1h 52m
Genres
Thriller, Horror
Director
Roy Boulting

Casting

  • Hayley Mills — Susan Harper
  • Hywel Bennett — Martin (Georgie) Durnley
  • Billie Whitelaw — Joan Harper
  • Frank Finlay — Henry Durnley
  • Barry Foster — Gerry Henderson
  • Phyllis Calvert — Enid Durnley
  • Salmaan Peerzada — Shashie Kadir
  • Christian Roberts — Philip Harvey
  • Gretchen Franklin — Clarkie
  • Timothy West — Superintendant Dakin
  • Thorley Walters — Sir John Forrester
  • Russell Napier — Professor Fuller

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