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Claude Dauphin | ... |
David Prade
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Denise Colby
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Ronald Lewis | ... |
Alan Colby
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Françoise Rosay | ... |
Madame Prade
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Bernard Braden | ... |
Harry Stonehouse
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Katya Douglas | ... |
Connie
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Barbara Chilcott | ... |
Baroness de la Vailion
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Anne Tirard | ... |
Nicole
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Edwin Styles | ... |
Doctor Roberts
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George Merritt | ... |
Mr. Manfield
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High-strung race car driver Alan Colby is trying to recover from a serious head injury. Alan and his lovely new wife Denise go on vacation to the South of France for some much needed rest and relaxation. But Alan is having trouble resisting his more violent impulses. Suave local psychiatrist David Prade offers to help Alan out. Written by Woodyanders
Still recovering from serious head injuries sustained in a car crash, motor racing driver Alan Colby and his wife Denise go on holiday to the South of France. There, Alan is suddenly and unexpectedly struck with a compulsion to strangle his wife. Hearing about this, Dr. David Prade, a local psychiatrist, offers to help, but his offer is rejected by Alan and he and Denise return to London. The psychiatrist follows them there, convinced that sooner or later his services will be needed and that he should be close at hand. At first, all seems well with Alan, but then one morning he wakes from a long sleep to find that Denise has disappeared. Worse, all the evidence points to his having murdered her.
Beautifully filmed in black-and-white MegaScope by the great Gil Taylor and masterfully directed by Guest, who was always at his best working on suspense films, "The Full Treatment" is a minor classic.