In 1955 Florida, a Korean vet has a breakdown and is incarcerated in a "maximum security" mental health prison, where patients are abused.In 1955 Florida, a Korean vet has a breakdown and is incarcerated in a "maximum security" mental health prison, where patients are abused.In 1955 Florida, a Korean vet has a breakdown and is incarcerated in a "maximum security" mental health prison, where patients are abused.
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- TriviaThe "Emmet Foley" character is based on real life Christopher Calhoun (b.1934), an inmate of the Florida State Hospital in Chattahoochee, Florida from 1956 to 1962. He moved to Los Angeles after his release and wrote about and became an activist for similarly abused people. In a more modern time he would have been diagnosed with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) because of his combat in Korea, which is depicted at the beginning of the film.
- GoofsWhen Emmett leaves the house a second time, he fires eight shots from his six-shot revolver without reloading.
- Quotes
[in the shower, Emmet Foley is having an erection unwillingly and turns his back to the others, Walker next to him]
Walker Benson: Turn it on cold.
Emmett Foley: Huh?
Walker Benson: It will help.
[with lower voice]
Walker Benson: Your wife must have been one happy woman.
Emmett Foley: Huh?
Walker Benson: [louder again] I said, you'll most likely drown. We've had a lot of unexplained deaths around here. But we ain't had no one yet drowned hisself in the shower. You would be the first.
Emmett Foley: I don't understand.
Walker Benson: What?
Emmett Foley: It jumping up like that.
Walker Benson: [soft, trying to ease the situation a bit] Maybe it thinks that I'm pretty.
- Crazy creditsThe producers would like to thank the people of Columbia and Newberry, South Carolina for their generosity and support during the making of this film.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Siskel & Ebert: Miami Blues/Vital Signs/Lisa/Chattahoochee (1990)
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $259,486
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $17,471
- Apr 22, 1990
- Gross worldwide
- $259,486
- Runtime1 hour 38 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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