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Shock

  • 1946
  • Passed
  • 1h 10m
IMDb RATING
6.3/10
3K
YOUR RATING
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.

  • Director
    • Alfred L. Werker
  • Writers
    • Eugene Ling
    • Albert DeMond
    • Martin Berkeley
  • Stars
    • Vincent Price
    • Lynn Bari
    • Frank Latimore
  • See production, box office & company info
  • IMDb RATING
    6.3/10
    3K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Alfred L. Werker
    • Writers
      • Eugene Ling
      • Albert DeMond
      • Martin Berkeley
    • Stars
      • Vincent Price
      • Lynn Bari
      • Frank Latimore
    • 81User reviews
    • 47Critic reviews
  • See production, box office & company info
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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
    • (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 reviews81

    Review
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    Featured review
    7/10
    A Little Anticlimactic
    I've always enjoyed Vincent Price's sad expressions and gentle voice. It's full of threat and pity. He is one of a kind. His savoir faire and manners are right at the top. In this one he commits a murder he really didn't wish to and then must use some pretty extreme measures to cover his tracks and get together with his ruthless lover. The victim is an unstable young woman who has a nervous breakdown when she witnesses the murder. The doctor, one of the top in his field, is constantly pulled between evil actions and the good that is in him. He comes to realize he is wrong and that he has been led astray, but it is too late now. Viewing this in the year 2007, it is filled with some pretty questionable tactics and oversights. What they do to this girl would require a lot of documentation. The sad part isn't the aged quality of the social setting. It's that at some point it all seems to become rather dull. Once they are on to Price's character, the story just falls into a voluble anticlimax. Enjoy watching Vincent Price. Otherwise it is pretty pedestrian.
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    • Feb 21, 2007

    Details

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    • Release date
      • February 1, 1946 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Chock
    • 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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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 10 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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