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Shock

  • 19461946
  • (Banned)(Banned)
  • 1h 10m
IMDb RATING
6.2/10
2.9K
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POPULARITY
37,948
7,496
Vincent Price and Lynn Bari in Shock (1946)
Film-NoirThriller
A psychologically distraught woman is committed to a private sanitarium by the man she witnessed commit a murder.A psychologically distraught woman is committed to a private sanitarium by the man she witnessed commit a murder.A psychologically distraught woman is committed to a private sanitarium by the man she witnessed commit a murder.
IMDb RATING
6.2/10
2.9K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
37,948
7,496
  • Director
    • Alfred L. Werker
  • Writers
    • Eugene Ling(screenplay)
    • Albert DeMond(story)
    • Martin Berkeley(additional dialogue)
  • Stars
    • Vincent Price
    • Lynn Bari
    • Frank Latimore
Top credits
  • Director
    • Alfred L. Werker
  • Writers
    • Eugene Ling(screenplay)
    • Albert DeMond(story)
    • Martin Berkeley(additional dialogue)
  • Stars
    • Vincent Price
    • Lynn Bari
    • Frank Latimore
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    • 78User reviews
    • 47Critic reviews
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    Vincent Price and Lynn Bari in Shock (1946)
    Vincent Price and Lynn Bari in Shock (1946)
    Vincent Price and Lynn Bari in Shock (1946)
    Vincent Price in Shock (1946)
    Vincent Price and Lynn Bari in Shock (1946)

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    Vincent Price
    Vincent Price
    • Dr. Richard Cross
    Lynn Bari
    Lynn Bari
    • Nurse Elaine Jordan
    Frank Latimore
    Frank Latimore
    • Lt. Paul Stewart
    Anabel Shaw
    Anabel Shaw
    • Mrs. Janet Stewart
    Stephen Dunne
    Stephen Dunne
    • Dr. Stevens
    • (as Michael Dunne)
    Reed Hadley
    Reed Hadley
    • District Attorney O'Neill
    Renee Carson
    • Miss Hatfield - Head Nurse
    Charles Trowbridge
    Charles Trowbridge
    • Dr. H.J. Harvey
    Robert Adler
    Robert Adler
    • Frank - Male Nurse
    • (uncredited)
    Margaret Brayton
    • Nurse
    • (uncredited)
    Harry Carter
    Harry Carter
    • Sanitarium Orderly
    • (uncredited)
    Ruth Clifford
    Ruth Clifford
    • Mrs. Margaret Cross
    • (uncredited)
    John Davidson
    John Davidson
    • Mr. Edwards
    • (uncredited)
    Selmer Jackson
    Selmer Jackson
    • Dr. Blair
    • (uncredited)
    Ruth Nelson
    Ruth Nelson
    • Mrs. Margaret Cross
    • (voice)
    • (uncredited)
    Claire Richards
    • Nurse
    • (uncredited)
    George E. Stone
    George E. Stone
    • Cab Driver
    • (uncredited)
    Charles Tannen
    Charles Tannen
    • Hotel Clerk
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Alfred L. Werker
    • Writers
      • Eugene Ling(screenplay)
      • Albert DeMond(story)
      • Martin Berkeley(additional dialogue)
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    • Trivia
      While on the set one day, Lynn Bari was talking with co-star Anabel Shaw and mentioned that she was a direct descendant, on her mother's side, of Revolutionary War hero Alexander Hamilton. Shaw revealed that she was a direct descendant of Aaron Burr, the man who killed Hamilton in the famous duel.
    • Goofs
      Insulin is injected subcutaneously. The needle Dr. Cross uses is for intravenous use.
    • Quotes

      Lt. Paul Stewart: Well, if you give Janet this insulin, how certain can you be it'll help her?

      Dr. Richard Cross: I'm neither a miracle man nor a prophet, Lieutenant. If medicine were an exact science, not an art, I might be able to tell you.

    • Connections
      Edited into Schlock! (2009)

    User reviews78

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    6/10
    Reasonable Thriller
    In San Francisco, Mrs. Janet Stewart (Anabel Shaw) checks in a hotel late night to meet her husband Lieutenant Paul Stewart (Frank Latimore). However Paul does not arrive and Janet goes to the balcony in the middle of the night after a nightmare. She witnesses the renowned psychiatrist Dr. Richard Cross (Vincent Price) asking for the divorce to his wife and having an argument with her. Out of the blue, Dr. Cross kills her with a candlestick and Janet has a nervous collapse and stays catatonic in shock in her room.

    When Paul arrives and sees his wife, he summons Dr. Stevens (Michael Dunne). After the examination, Dr. Stevens tells that Janet has had a psychological breakdown and recommends Dr. Cross to treat her. When Dr. Cross comes to the room, he realizes that Janet might have seen him and he tells that she needs to be interned in his clinic. He calls Nurse Elaine Jordan (Lynn Bari), who is his lover, and they take Janet to their clinic. He decides to make Janet forget the incident but then they decide to discredit her proclaiming Janet insane. But when the District Attorney O'Neill (Reed Hadley) asks for the authorization to Dr. Cross to carry out an autopsy in his wife since he believes that she might have been murdered, Elaine tells that Dr. Cross must kill Janet.

    "Shock" is a reasonable thriller with a dated story of a woman that witnesses a murder and has a strange reaction, ending coincidently in the sanatorium of the killer. The performances are very decent but the greatest problem is the shameful low quality American DVD released by the DVD movie distributor. My vote is six.

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    • Release date
      • February 1, 1946 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Det dolda brottet
    • Filming locations
      • Backlot, 20th Century Fox Studios - 10201 Pico Blvd., Century City, Los Angeles, California, USA
    • Production company
      • Twentieth Century Fox
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    • Budget
      • $375,000 (estimated)
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 10 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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