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."

Feb 12 1969 M 1h 52m
Drama, Thriller

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.

Plot

Martin Durnley (Hywel Bennett) is a troubled young man. With a mother who insists on treating him like a child, a stepfather who can't wait to see the back of him, and a brother with Down's Syndrome shut away in an institution, is it any wonder he retreats into an alternate personality - that of six-year-old Georgie? It is Georgie who befriends Susan Harper (Hayley Mills), but friendship soon turns into obsession. When Susan begins to distance herself, something inside Georgie snaps and he embarks on a killing spree, with Susan as the next target.

Written by

Leo Marks, Roy Boulting, Roger Marshall

Directed by

Roy Boulting

Cast

Hywel Bennett, Russell Napier, Hayley Mills

Crew

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Production Countries

United Kingdom

Production Companies

Charter Film Productions

Languages

English

Awards

Won 1 BAFTA Award1 win total

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