| Release Date: | Aug 1963 |
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| Genre: | Drama |
| Awards: | Nominated for Oscar. Another 4 nominations |
| Runtime: | 97 min |
| Cast: | Robert Stack (Dr. Donovan MacLeod) Polly Bergen (Lorna Melford) Diane McBain (Alison Horne) Joan Crawford (Lucretia Terry, R.N.) Janis Paige (Marion) Van Williams (Dr. Larry Denning) Constance Ford (Nurse Bracken) Sharon Hugueny (Connie) Herbert Marshall (Dr. Jubal Harrington) Barbara Barrie (Edna) Ellen Corby (Irene) Ana María Lynch (Ana (as Ana St. Clair)) Robert Vaughn (Jim Melford) Susan Oliver (Nurse Cathy Clark) Virginia Munshin (Ruth) Charles Horvath (Rapist Patient in Violent Ward...) Jerry Paris (Passerby Lorna Bumps on Street...) |
This movie chronicles the trials of the mentally ill and their care-givers in an over-crowded ward of a hospital. Dr. MacLeod (Robert Stack) is a new, optimistic doctor who attempts to start an out-patient program for the women in the ward. His method of treating mentally ill patients without violence or punishment is met with resistance by the head nurse, Lucretia Terry (Joan Crawford). During Dr. MacLeod's treatment, the phobias and illnesses of the various women in the test group are explored.
