Obsession
Horror · Thriller
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Film / 1968
Twisted Nerve
Directed by
Roy Boulting
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.
The story
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.
Cast
Hayley MillsSusan Harper
Hywel BennettMartin (Georgie) Durnley
Billie WhitelawJoan Harper
Frank FinlayHenry Durnley
Barry FosterGerry Henderson
Phyllis CalvertEnid Durnley
Salmaan PeerzadaShashie Kadir
Christian RobertsPhilip Harvey
Gretchen FranklinClarkie
Timothy WestSuperintendant Dakin
Thorley WaltersSir John Forrester
Russell NapierProfessor Fuller
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