Escapement

Escapement

Escapement

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Escapement

"SWEET-FLESHED BEAUTY BECOMES DOCILE OF DEMONIACAL MONSTER!"

1958

1h 20m

4.4(8 votes)

Mystery

Crime

Science Fiction

Overview

An insurance investigator tumbles onto a series of similar deaths, by brain hemorrhage, of patients of a psychiatric clinic in France where therapy involves a device which can implant visual imagery in the minds of patients, ostensibly to help them relax.

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16 members

Acting

Rod Cameron

Jeff Keenan

Rod Cameron

Acting

Mary Murphy

Ruth Vance

Mary Murphy

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Meredith Edwards

Doctor Maxwell

Meredith Edwards

Acting

Peter Illing

Paul Zakon

Peter Illing

Acting

Carl Jaffe

Doctor Hoff

Carl Jaffe

Acting

Kay Callard

Laura Maxwell

Kay Callard

Acting

Carl Duering

Blore

Carl Duering

Acting

Roberta Huby

Verna Berteaux

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Felix Felton

Commissaire

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Larry Cross

Brad Somers

Larry Cross

Acting

Carlo Borelli

Signore Kallini

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John McCarthy

Clark Denver

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Jacques Cey

French doctor

Jacques Cey

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Armand Guinle

French farmer

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Malou Pantera

Receptionist (Clinic)

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Alan Gifford

Wayne

Alan Gifford

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