Shock(1946)

Synopsis

Dr. Cross, a psychiatrist, is treating a young woman, Janet Stewart, who is in a catatonic state, brought on when she heard loud arguing, went to her window and saw a man strike his wife with a candlestick and kill her. As she comes out of her shock, she recognizes Dr. Cross as the killer. He takes her to his sanitarium and is urged by his nurse/lover, Elaine Jordan, to give Janet an overdose of insulin. Can he bring himself to murder Janet in cold blood?

Mood

• Emotional
• Gripping
• Tense

Director

Alfred L. Werker

Cast

• Vincent Price
• Lynn Bari
• Frank Latimore

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