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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
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Original language
- English language
- Main subject
- serial killer
- Director
- John Boulting
- Screenwriter
- Roy Boulting
- Cast member
- Phyllis Calvert
- Composer
- Bernard Herrmann
- Producer
- John Boulting
- Cinematographer
- Harry Waxman
- Narrative location
- London
- Duration
- 118
- FilmAffinity ID
- 113435
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1968-01-01
- title
- Twisted Nerve
- distributed by
- Netflix
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