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Title: The Fifth Floor (1978)
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| Bo Hopkins | ... | Carl | |
| Dianne Hull | ... | Kelly McIntyre | |
| Patti D'Arbanville | ... | Cathy | |
| Sharon Farrell | ... | Melanie | |
| Robert Englund | ... | Benny | |
| Anthony James | ... | Derrick | |
| Julie Adams | ... | Nurse Hannelord | |
| Mel Ferrer | ... | Dr. Sidney Coleman | |
| John David Carson | ... | Ronnie Denton | |
| Earl Boen | ... | Phil | |
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Betty Kean | ... | Sophy |
| Alice Nunn | ... | Emma | |
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Cathey Paine | ... | Lois |
| Udana Power | ... | Nurse Whelan | |
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Maggie Appel | ... | Mental Patient |
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A young woman collapses on the disco dance floor of what's revealed to be strychnine poisoning. Assuming that this is an attempt at suicide, her boyfriend and doctor have her committed to the Fifth Floor, an asylum with obviously crazy inmates and a predatory orderly. The problem is, she's still sane! Written by Brian J. Wright <bjwright@acs.ucalgary.ca>
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electroshock therapy | sexual abuse | rape | hydrotherapy | mental institution |Taglines:
Once the door closes here, it never opens. See more »Genres:
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15 November 1978 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Written by Lenny Laks and Matthew Ender (as Matt Ender)
Sung by Pattie Brooks
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CBS edited 9 minutes from this film for its 1983 network television premiere. See more »Connections
Featured in Sneak Previews: Serial, The Changeling, My Brilliant Career, Foxes, Nijinsky (1980) See more »Soundtracks
Fly AwayWritten by Lenny Laks and Matthew Ender (as Matt Ender)
Sung by Pattie Brooks
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I saw this film as a kid and I remember the advertisments for it on tv made it look like it would be as scary as The Shining. It really isn't scary at all. The actors do a fine job, Dianne Hull (whatever happened to her?) makes a nice damsel in distress. Its funny seeing Robert Englund before he played Freddy Kruger. A young disco dancer is mistakingly committed to an asylum after someone drugs her. It makes you think because there really have been a lot of cases like this. I don't remember what happened in the end, but I don't think it had a happy ending.