Twisted Nerve
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.
1968-12-20 | 112 minutes
Plot Summary
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.
Cast
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Hayley MillsSusan Harper
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Hywel BennettMartin (Georgie) Durnley
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Billie WhitelawJoan Harper
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Frank FinlayHenry Durnley
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Barry FosterGerry Henderson
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Phyllis CalvertEnid Durnley
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Salmaan PeerzadaShashie Kadir
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Christian RobertsPhilip Harvey
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Gretchen FranklinClarkie
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Timothy WestSuperintendant Dakin
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Thorley WaltersSir John Forrester
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Russell NapierProfessor Fuller
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Timothy BatesonMr. Groom
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Basil DignamDoctor
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Marianne StoneStore Detective
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Richard Davies'Taffy' Evans