Rent Twisted Nerve (1968)
3.6 of 5 from 71 ratings
1h 53min
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- Synopsis:
Martin Durnley (Hywel Bennett), who has a childish alter ego "Georgie", lives with his mother Enid (Phyllis Calvert) and his nouveau riche stepfather (Frank Finlay) whom he resents intensely. Enid dotes on Martin, largely because her first son Pete is a "mongol", and she is afraid that Martin may inherit a similar affliction. One day whilst shopping martin encounters Susan Harper (Hayley Mills), an attractive student currently working as a librarian. When he is caught shoplifting a toy duck baby-faced Martin adopts the guise fo retarded Georgie, consequently Susan takes pity on him and offers to pay for the item rather than create a fuss. This moment of kindness captures Martin’s interest, sowing the seeds of a deadly obsession. - Actors:
- Hayley Mills, Hywel Bennett, Billie Whitelaw, Phyllis Calvert, Barry Foster, Frank Finlay, Salmaan Peerzada, Christian Roberts, Gretchen Franklin, Thorley Walters, Russell Napier, Robin Parkinson, Timothy Bateson, Timothy West, Brian Peck, Richard Davies, Basil Dignam, Mollie Maureen, Michael Cadman, Clifford Cox
- Directors:
- Roy Boulting
- Writers:
- Leo Marks, Roy Boulting
- Studio:
- Optimum
- Genres:
- Drama, Thrillers
- Collections:
- Remembering Timothy West, Top 10 British Actresses of the 1940s
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Reviews (1) of Twisted Nerve
Excellent. - Twisted Nerve review by CP Customer
It's taken me far to long to see this, it's availability isn't great and deserves a blu ray release really.
Ostensibly, Twisted Nerve is a dated, politically incorrect British thriller, but if you removed all of the dodgy language you'd actually have a rather liberal film which is trying in a rather ham handed way to show up prudish British values, archaic mental health research, racism and patriarchy.
That said, as a thriller it works well. Hywell Bennett is a nasty piece of work who plays the psychopath convincingly and with menace. His manipulation is calculated and cold and makes for some tense scenes.
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