Shock corridor
By: a Allied Artists Pictures Corporation presents ; a Leon Fromkess, Sam Firks production ; written, produced, directed by Samuel Fuller
Contributors: Breck, Peter, actor; Towers, Constance, actor; Best, James, 1926-2015, actor; Rhodes, Hari, actor; Evans, Gene, 1922-1998, actor; Tucker, Larry, 1934-2001, actor; Simon, Adam, 1962-; Janus Films; Allied Artists Pictures Corporation; Criterion Collection (Firm)
Edition: DVD special ed.
Series: The Criterion collection -- 19; Classic collection (Chicago, Ill.); Criterion collection -- 19.
Publisher: Criterion Collection
Published: 2010
Place of publication: [Irvington, NY]
Language: eng
Format: [videorecording] /
Number of pages: 101
Subjects: Drama; Mental illness; Psychiatric hospitals; Journalists
Other titles: Typewriter, the rifle & the movie camera.
Description: "Seeking a Pulitzer Prize, reporter Johnny Barrett (Peter Breck) has himself committed to a mental hospital to investigate a murder. As he closes in on the killer, insanity closes in on him. Constance Towers costars as Johnny's coolheaded stripper girlfriend. With its startling commentary on racism and other hot-button issues in sixties America and its daring photography by Stanley Cortez, Shock Corridor has had far-reaching influence."--Container.
Notes: Bonus features: New video interview with star Constance Towers by film historian and filmmaker, Charles Dennis; The typewriter, the rifle & the movie camera [documentary on director Samuel Fuller] / The British Film Institute and The Independent Film Channel ; in association with Channel Four Television, Havoc Incorporated and The Museum of Modern Art Department of Film and Video present (ca. 55 min. ; 1996).

Originally produced as a motion picture in 1963.

Director of photography, Stanley Cortez ; film editor, Jerome Thoms ; music by Paul Dunlap.

Peter Breck, Constance Towers, James Best, Hari Rhodes, Gene Evans, Larry Tucker.

MPAA rating: Not rated.

DVD, NTSC; monaural; 1.75:1 aspect ratio.

SDH (Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing).

National Film Registry selection, 1996.
Table of contents: title: Bonus features: New, restored high-definition digital transfer; title: Original theatrical trailer; title: New video interview with star Constance Towers by film historian and filmmaker, Charles Dennis; title: The typewriter, the rifle & the movie camera [documentary on director Samuel Fuller] (ca. 55 min. ; 1996 ; The British Film Institute and The Independent Film Channel ; in association with Channel Four Television, Havoc Incorporated and The Museum of Modern Art Department of Film and Video present).