Twisted Nerve

6.763

112 minutes

12/20/1968

Overview

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.

Cast List

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
Thorley Walters
as Sir John Forrester
Russell Napier
as Professor Fuller
Timothy Bateson
as Mr. Groom
Basil Dignam
as Doctor
Marianne Stone
as Store Detective
Richard Davies
as 'Taffy' Evans