Shock Corridor (1963)
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ThumbScore
👍 79%audience score Estimated from TMDB user ratings and critic scores, calibrated to Google's former audience score. Google stopped publishing it in 2026.
Critics Score
🎬 94%
(RT: 94%) RT = Rotten Tomatoes (critic reviews). MC = Metacritic (weighted critic average). Critics Score is the average of both.
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Cast
Peter Breck as Johnny Barrett
Gene Evans as Boden
James Best as Stuart
Hari Rhodes as Trent
Larry Tucker as Pagliacci
Paul Dubov as Dr. Menkin
Chuck Roberson as Wilkes
Is Shock Corridor good?
Most people think so. 79% audience score, estimated from 309 TMDB ratings. Critics gave it 94%.
Overview
With the help of his girlfriend Cathy and Dr. Fong, a psychiatrist, ambitious journalist Johnny Barrett poses as a madman in order to be admitted to a mental institution where a bloody murder has been committed. Wikipedia ↗
