Shock Corridor

Shock Corridor
Shock Corridor
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Samuel Fuller
Written by	Samuel Fuller
Produced by	Samuel Fuller
Starring	Peter Breck; Constance Towers; Gene Evans; James Best;
Cinematography	Stanley Cortez
Edited by	Jerome Thoms
Music by	Paul Dunlap
Production; company	Allied Artists Pictures
Distributed by	Allied Artists Pictures
Release date	September 11, 1963;
Running time	101 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Shock Corridor is a 1963 American psychological thriller film^[1] starring Peter Breck, Constance Towers, and Gene Evans. Written, directed and produced by Samuel Fuller, it tells the story of a journalist who gets himself intentionally committed to a mental hospital to solve a murder committed within the institution.^[2]

Fuller originally wrote the film under the title Straitjacket for Fritz Lang in the late 1940s, but Lang wanted to change the lead character to a woman, so Joan Bennett could play the role.^[3]

In 1996, Shock Corridor was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".^[4]

^ Kolker 2011, p. 223.
^ Motion Picture Purgatory – Shock Corridor
^ Fuller 2002, p. 242.
^ "Complete National Film Registry Listing". Library of Congress. Retrieved January 17, 2021.

[FOOTNOTEKolker2011223-1] Kolker 2011, p. 223.

[2] Motion Picture Purgatory – Shock Corridor

[FOOTNOTEFuller2002242-3] Fuller 2002, p. 242.

[Registry-4] "Complete National Film Registry Listing". Library of Congress. Retrieved January 17, 2021.

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