Shock Corridor [1963] [Criterion] (BLU)
Samuel Fuller

Synopsis
In Shock Corridor, the great American writer-director-producer Samuel Fuller masterfully charts the uneasy terrain between sanity and madness. Seeking a Pulitzer Prize, reporter Johnny Barrett (Peter Breck) has himself committed to a mental hospital to investigate a murder. As he closes in on the killer, insanity closes in on him. Constance Towers costars as Johnny’s coolheaded stripper girlfriend. With its startling commentary on racism and other hot-button issues in sixties America and its daring photography by Stanley Cortez, Shock Corridor has had far-reaching influence.
Special Features:
- New video interview with star Constance Towers by film historian and filmmaker Charles Dennis
- The Typewriter, the Rifle and the Movie Camera, Adam Simon’s 1996 documentary on director Samuel Fuller
- Original theatrical trailer
- Illustrations by cartoonist Daniel Clowes and a booklet featuring a new essay by critic and poet Robert Polito and excerpts from Fuller’s autobiography, A Third Face: My Tale of Writing, Fighting, and Filmmaking
Product Details
- Format: Widescreen
- Language: English
- Subtitles: English
- Aspect Ratio: 1:78:1
- Number of Discs: 1
- Rating: Not Rated
- Label: Criterion Collection
- Release Date: 01/18/2011
- Run Time: 101 minutes
- Catalogue #: 19
- Region: A