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Twisted Nerve (1968)

1968-12-20 · 1h 52m · EN
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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.

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Roy BoultingDirector

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Hayley MillsHayley MillsSusan HarperHywel BennettHywel BennettMartin (Georgie) DurnleyBillie WhitelawBillie WhitelawJoan HarperFrank FinlayFrank FinlayHenry DurnleyBarry FosterBarry FosterGerry HendersonPhyllis CalvertPhyllis CalvertEnid DurnleySalmaan PeerzadaSalmaan PeerzadaShashie KadirChristian RobertsChristian RobertsPhilip HarveyGretchen FranklinGretchen FranklinClarkieTimothy WestTimothy WestSuperintendant DakinThorley WaltersThorley WaltersSir John ForresterRussell NapierRussell NapierProfessor Fuller

Keywords

ObsessionDown syndromeStep fatherBoarding houseStepfather

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Genre affinityThriller · Drama · HorrorTheme affinityObsession · Down Syndrome · Step FatherDialogue densityDramaDirector preference329404Actor preference453479 · 88725 · 299194Country preferenceGb

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What is Twisted Nerve about?

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.

How long is Twisted Nerve?

Twisted Nerve has a runtime of 112 minutes.