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4.0/10   43 votes
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Writers:
Charles Eric Maine (novel)
Charles Eric Maine (writer)
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Release Date:
May 1960 (USA) more
Genre:
Sci-Fi more
Plot:
An insurance investigator finds there's more to electronic dream therapy than meets the eye. full summary | add synopsis
User Comments:
Interesting idea, but terrible execution. more

Cast

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Rod Cameron ... Jeff Keenan
Mary Murphy ... Ruth Vance
Meredith Edwards ... Dr. Phillip Maxwell
Peter Illing ... Paul Zakon
Carl Jaffe ... Dr. Hoff
Kay Callard ... Laura Maxwell
Carl Duering ... Blore
Roberta Huby ... Verna Berteaux
Felix Felton ... Police Commissaire
Larry Cross ... Brad Somers
Carlo Borelli ... Signore Pietro Kalini
John McCarthy ... Clark Denver
Jacques Cey ... Police Doctor
Armand Guinle ... French Farmer (as Armande Guinle)
Malou Pantera ... Clinic Receptionist
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
The Electric Monster
The Electronic Monster (USA)
Zex, the Electronic Fiend (USA) (pre-release title)
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Runtime:
80 min | USA:76 min
Country:
UK
Language:
English
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
Finland:(Banned) (1960)

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4 out of 4 people found the following comment useful:-
Interesting idea, but terrible execution., 10 April 2000
3/10
Author: Albert Ohayon from Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Dull, dull, cliche ridden film . Brainwashing has been used as a topic for many interesting films(IPCRESS FILE for one). This 1950s British film is not one of them. Instead we get a very basic storyline with no punches whatsoever. Rod Cameron sleepwalks throughout, looking like he would much rather be in a Western. There is an annoying love angle thrown in and some two dimensional characters(mad scientist, caring scientist, power hungry industrialist, rock jawed hero,psycho etc.). The result is a very boring film with no delivery whatsoever. Only the poor viewer is brainwashed.

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