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- BFI identifier49392
- Date1968 (Copyright)
1968-12-05 (Release) - Production countryUnited Kingdom, USA
- Production company
- SynopsisMartin lives at home with his mother and stepfather, who is worried about his lack of motivation. When he tries to send him to Australia to take a job, Martin says he's going to Paris but goes to stay at the house of Susan, a young woman he met in a toy shop. He pretends to have learning difficulties and they treat him like a child. One night he sneaks out of the house and murders his stepfather. Susan finds out who he really is and goes home to warn her mother but Martin has already killed her. Martin shoots himself and the police arrive to find him dying at Susan's feet. (Synopsis)
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- CastMarianne Stone (lady store detective)
Hayley Mills (Susan Harper)
Hywel Bennett (Martin Durnley)
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Title
Twisted Nerve (Original)
EIDR identifier
10.5240/26C3-C53F-ACA1-DD4C-0846-9Category
FictionThis work is included in the BFI Filmography.
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- Posters / DesignsPoster: film - PD-3536
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- Digital documentsBFI Southbank Programme Notes September 2013
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- +Twisted Nerve
Work - 49392 - 1968 (Copyright)
United Kingdom - Film - Fiction
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