Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
John Savage | ... | Dr. Ian Lazarre | |
Kim Cattrall | ... | Racquel Chambers | |
Malcolm McDowell | ... | Dr. Vernon Renquist | |
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Candice Daly | ... | Wendy / Teresa Lazarre |
Eric Pierpoint | ... | Joe McNamara | |
Sam J. Jones | ... | James (as Sam Jones) | |
Denis Forest | ... | Jonas Kellar | |
David St. James | ... | Van Ness | |
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Timothy Patrick Quill | ... | Prisoner |
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Barry Lee Pearl | ... | Stan Horowitz |
Rance Howard | ... | Judge Bloom | |
Jean Speegle Howard | ... | Mrs. Gloria Smith | |
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Paul Sarnoff | ... | Marty the Bartender |
Danielle Nicolet | ... | Lisa | |
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Sharon Mendel | ... | Helene Smith |
After the death of his beloved wife Wendy, the psychologist Dr. Ian Lazarre becomes alcoholic. His second wife Teresa Lazarre has just left him but together with his lawyer and best friend Joe McNamara, they convince Ian to go to rehab. They bring him to the Blackhurst Institute, where Dr. Vernon Renquist submits Ian to an experimental treatment with the support of the nurses Racquel Chambers and the strong James. However Ian becomes aggressive and delusional, and believes Dr. Renquist is damaging his brain with the medication and Teresa is cheating him with Joe. Is Ian right or becoming deranged? Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
I actually liked this movie although the other reviewers on here seems to hate it. It's a very interesting story on many levels, is john savages character really ill or is he being framed? Will he be able to get out of that hell-hole? Is he imagining the things he sees? What if this hadn't been a low budget tv-movie?, with a bigger budget, some editing here and there and some bigger stars perhaps? (except savage and mcdowell which are good in this movie) then this movie could be a masterpiece since the story is very interesting. The story reminded me a bit of "the fugitive" although this is a totally different movie. I liked the ending although it's very sad.