Twisted Nerve (1968)

Overview · Where to watch · Cast & crew · Reviews

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.

• Released: 1968-12-20
• Genres: Thriller, Horror
• Runtime: 1h 52m
• Status: Released
• TMDB rating: 6.8/10 from 60 votes

Directed by Roy Boulting.

Top cast

• Hayley Mills as Susan Harper
• Hywel Bennett as Martin (Georgie) Durnley
• Billie Whitelaw as Joan Harper
• Frank Finlay as Henry Durnley
• Barry Foster as Gerry Henderson
• Phyllis Calvert as Enid Durnley
• Salmaan Peerzada as Shashie Kadir
• Christian Roberts as Philip Harvey
• Gretchen Franklin as Clarkie
• Timothy West as Superintendant Dakin

Full cast & crew

Where to watch Twisted Nerve

• United States: watch free on Plex

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