Twisted Nerve (1969)

  • NR
  • 02/26/1969 (US)
  • Drama, Thriller, Horror
  • 1h 52m

Cleaver. Cleaver. Chop. Chop. First the mom and then the pop. Then we'll get the pretty girl. We'll get her right between the curl.

Overview

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.

Roy Boulting

Director, Screenplay

Roger Marshall

Story

Leo Marks

Screenplay

Cast

Hayley Mills's headshot

Hayley Mills

Susan Harper
Hywel Bennett's headshot

Hywel Bennett

Martin (Georgie) Durnley
Billie Whitelaw's headshot

Billie Whitelaw

Joan Harper
Frank Finlay's headshot

Frank Finlay

Henry Durnley
Barry Foster's headshot

Barry Foster

Gerry Henderson
Phyllis Calvert's headshot

Phyllis Calvert

Enid Durnley
Salmaan Peerzada's headshot

Salmaan Peerzada

Shashie Kadir
Christian Roberts's headshot

Christian Roberts

Philip Harvey

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