With the help of his girlfriend Cathy and Dr. Fong, a psychiatrist, ambitious journalist Johnny Barrett poses as a madman in order to be admitted to a mental institution where a bloody murder has been committed.
Directed by Samuel Fuller
journalist
insane asylum
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Cast
Peter Breck
Johnny Barrett
Constance Towers
Cathy
Gene Evans
Boden
James Best
Stuart
Hari Rhodes
Trent
Larry Tucker
Pagliacci
Paul Dubov
Dr. Menkin
Chuck Roberson
Wilkes
Neyle Morrow
Psycho
Bill Zuckert
Swanee
Philip Ahn
Dr. Fong
Frank Gerstle
Police Lieutenant
Crew
Samuel Fuller
Director
Samuel Fuller
Screenplay
Stanley Cortez
Director of Photography
Samuel Fuller
Producer
Eugène Lourié
Art Direction
Popular Reviews
73 reviews
Koebe
9.0★ · 04/06/26
Hopefully this backdrop I selected will make you at least add it to your watchlist
Hopefully this backdrop I selected will make you at least add it to your watchlist
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Connor
9.0★ · 04/15/26
Well that was fucking insane
Well that was fucking insane
transcendentalbooks
8.0★ · 08/01/25
he definitely made them mad
he definitely made them mad
chris gorski
9.0★ · 07/05/25
one of the doctors in this pronounced “puberty” as “poo-berty” and that got a chuckle from me. also worth noting that just about every single woman in this film is either in sex work or in the “nympho ward”
one of the doctors in this pronounced “puberty” as “poo-berty” and that got a chuckle from me. also worth noting that just about every single woman in this film is either in sex work or in the “nympho ward”
Z
7.1★ · 06/13/25
If I had a nickel for every time a man went insane and thought he was a confederate soldier, I would have two nickels, which feels like too many
If I had a nickel for every time a man went insane and thought he was a confederate soldier, I would have two nickels, which feels like too many
