Shock Treatment.

Martin Ashley decapitates his boss, the wealthy Mrs. Townsend, with a pair of garden shears. He turns himself in to the police and is sent to a mental institution ruled by psychiatrist Edwina Beighley. Ashley is found insane and sent to the institution by actor Dale Nelson to simulate madness. Dr. Beghley learns of a million dollars he supposedly has buried. She is determined to recover the money, believing it to be buried somewhere on the estate.

Credits

Directed by
Denis Sanders
Written by
Sydney Boehm
Cast
Roddy McDowall, Robert J. Wilke, Lauren Bacall, Carol Lynley, Stuart Whitman, Olive Deering, Ossie Davis, Bert Freed
Produced by
Aaron Rosenberg
Cinematography
Sam Leavitt
Music
Jerry Goldsmith
Edited by
Louis R. Loeffler

Copyright

Complete catalog record
Shock Treatment. Arcola Pictures. Released By Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp. 93 Min., Sd., B&W, 35 Mm. Cinemascope. Based On The Novel By Winfred Van Atta. © Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp.; 19feb64; Lp27600.

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