Twisted Nerve

1968 112 min Thriller, Horror

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.

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director Roy Boulting

writers Roger Marshall, Leo Marks, Roy Boulting

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