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Twisted Nerve
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6.8Martin 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.
Released: 1968-12-20112 minDir: Roy BoultingThriller, Horror
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
Themes
- obsession
- down syndrome
- stepfather
- boarding house
- psychological thriller
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Ratings
IMDb
7/10
2,498 votes
- Year
- 1968
- Runtime
- 118 min
- Genres
- Drama, Thriller
- Rated
- M
- Awards
- Won 1 BAFTA Award1 win total
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Wikidata facts
- Duration
- 118
- FilmAffinity ID
- 113435
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- publication date
- 1968-01-01
- title
- Twisted Nerve
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Categories
1960s psychological thriller films1960s slasher films1968 British films1968 English-language films1968 films1968 horror films1968 independent filmsBritish horror thriller filmsBritish independent filmsBritish Lion Films filmsBritish serial killer filmsBritish slasher filmsEnglish-language horror thriller filmsEnglish-language independent filmsFilms about Down syndromeFilms directed by Roy BoultingFilms scored by Bernard HerrmannFilms set in LondonFilms shot in EnglandFilms shot in SurreyTemplate film date with 1 release date