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1968 Drama Thriller Horror 1h 52m

Twisted Nerve

"Cleaver. Cleaver. Chop. Chop. First the mom and then the pop. Then we'll get the pretty girl. We'll get her right between the curl."

Martin Durnley is a young man with an infantilizing mother, resentful stepfather and an institutionalized brother with Down's syndrome. To cope, he retreats into an alternate child personality he calls Georgie. After being caught during a theft attempt at a department store, he befriends a female customer who is sympathetic to him, but his friendship soon turns into obsession.

6.7 TMDB RATING
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Principal Cast

Hayley Mills

Susan Harper

Hywel Bennett

Martin (Georgie) Durnley

Billie Whitelaw

Joan Harper

Frank Finlay

Henry Durnley

Barry Foster

Gerry Henderson

Phyllis Calvert

Enid Durnley

Salmaan Peerzada

Shashie Kadir

Christian Roberts

Philip Harvey

Gretchen Franklin

Clarkie

Timothy West

Superintendant Dakin

Thorley Walters

Sir John Forrester

Russell Napier

Professor Fuller

Timothy Bateson

Mr. Groom

Basil Dignam

Doctor

Marianne Stone

Store Detective

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