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Twisted Nerve

Twisted Nerve (1968)

Movie · Released · 112 min · ★ 6.8

Thriller, Horror

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Martin 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.

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Cast

Hayley MillsHayley MillsSusan HarperHywel BennettHywel BennettMartin (Georgie) DurnleyBillie WhitelawBillie WhitelawJoan HarperFrank FinlayFrank FinlayHenry DurnleyBarry FosterBarry FosterGerry HendersonPhyllis CalvertPhyllis CalvertEnid DurnleySalmaan PeerzadaSalmaan PeerzadaShashie KadirChristian RobertsChristian RobertsPhilip HarveyGretchen FranklinGretchen FranklinClarkieTimothy WestTimothy WestSuperintendant DakinThorley WaltersThorley WaltersSir John ForresterRussell NapierRussell NapierProfessor FullerTimothy BatesonTimothy BatesonMr. GroomBasil DignamBasil DignamDoctorMarianne StoneMarianne StoneStore Detective

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