Twisted Nerve
movie
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.
Released December 20, 1968
Overview
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 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
Crew
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Roger Marshall
as
Story
Bernard Herrmann
as
Original Music Composer
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Leo Marks
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Screenplay
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Roy Boulting
as
Screenplay
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Roy Boulting
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Director
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Roger Marshall
as
Idea
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Frank Granat
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Producer
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Harry Waxman
as
Director of Photography
John Boulting
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Executive Producer
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Martin Charles
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Editor
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Thelma Graves
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Casting
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Albert Witherick
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Art Direction