Summaries

An insurance investigator finds there's more to electronic dream therapy than meets the eye.

Jeff Keenan, insurance investigator, checks out the car-crash death of film star Clark Denver in the south of France. He learns that Denver, and two other victims of recent suspicious deaths, all knew the lovely Verna Berteaux...and all had been patients at a private psychiatric clinic, being treated by electronically induced dream therapy. But the deaths are only a byproduct of a sinister plot; and Zakon, owner of the clinic, is due to marry Jeff's old flame Ruth...—Rod Crawford <[email protected]>

In Europe, to inquire about the mysterious death of a famous movie star, insurance investigator Jeff Keenan (Rod Cameron), follows a tangled trail to a psychiatric clinic run by Paul Zakon (Peter Illing), fiancée of Ruth Vance (Mary Murphy). Doctor Maxwell (Meredith Edwards), head doctor of the institute tells Keenan they employ a a new form of electronic hypnosis, which helps patients by giving them fantastic dreams about another world. Keenan discovers that the treatment has proven fatal for some patients. Zakon refuses to close down the clinic, which he is using to control the patient's minds and, consequently, their money.—Les Adams <[email protected]>

Details

Keywords
  • psychotronic film
  • experiment
  • mad doctor
  • ex nazi
  • theatrical agent
Genres
  • Mystery
  • Horror
  • Sci-Fi
  • Crime
Release date Mar 3, 1958
Motion Picture Rating (MPA) Approved
Countries of origin United Kingdom
Language English French
Filming locations Merton Park Studios, Merton, London, England, UK
Production companies Anglo-Guild Productions

Box office

Budget $125000

Tech specs

Runtime 1h 20m
Color Black and White
Aspect ratio

Synopsis

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