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The Mind Benders

Thriller & Mystery • Classics, Crime, Drama, UR

A distinguished physiologist Professor Shapey commits suicide and Hall a security officer then reveals evidence of treason against him. He has been experimenting with Isolation, the study of what happens to a man when all sensation-touch, taste, sight, smell and hearing - is removed. A colleague, Longman, insists that the experiments were the cause of the suicide and sets out to prove this by repeating them on himself.

Tags
Espionage, Psychiatry, Mind control
Cast
Dirk Bogarde Dr Henry Longman
Mary Ure Oonagh Longman
John Clements Major Hall
Michael Bryant Dr Tate
Wendy Craig Annabelle
Crew
Basil Dearden director

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