A private investigator, mentally disturbed by his father's suicide, goes undercover in a mental institution to discover the murderer of a friend who was a doctor at the clinic.
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Title: Asylum (1997)
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| Robert Patrick | ... | Nicholas Tordone | |
| Karl Bury | ... | Jake | |
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Tom Poster | ... | Acting Instructor |
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Deborah Worthing | ... | Amanda |
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Rebecca Rothstein | ... | Hospital Receptionist |
| Adam Gierasch | ... | Ronald Briggs | |
| Peter Brown | ... | Dr. Frank Meyers | |
| Irwin Keyes | ... | Screaming Patient | |
| Jason Schombing | ... | Tommy Baylor | |
| Malcolm McDowell | ... | Sullivan Rane / Doc | |
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Robert Ford | ... | Neckbrace Guy |
| Debra Wilson | ... | Belinda Davis | |
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Elise Rothberg | ... | Davis Receptionist |
| Alan Charof | ... | Dominic | |
| Jon Huffman | ... | Dr. Carl Bradley | |
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A private investigator, mentally disturbed by his father's suicide, goes undercover in a mental institution to discover the murderer of a friend who was a doctor at the clinic. Written by John Sacksteder <jsackste@bellsouth.net>
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Composed by Leos Janácek
from Czech Mate, produced by Kirsten Fife
Performed by Kirsten Fife and Paul DaSilva
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9 May 1997 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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A private investigator (Robert Patrick), mentally disturbed by his father's suicide, goes undercover in a mental institution to discover the murderer of a friend who was a doctor at the clinic.
This film deserves some credit for the attempt at a clever idea, and for bringing together two great genre actors in one film -- Robert Patrick and Malcolm McDowell. Have they been in any other film together? I do not know. And here they were, in one that probably had no budget, with a writer-director who has not gone on to distinguish himself.
Sadly, it does seem to be a bit convoluted. Any time you set something in an asylum, and you have a protagonist of questionable reliability... you get some goofy outcomes. You can be straightforward, or full on David Lynch. This seems to try to work between those poles, which is difficult and not fully successful.