This combination of searing melodrama and subversive social critique is one of the key American films of the 1950s, a high point in the careers of lead actor James Mason and director Nicholas Ray. Mason gives one of his best ever performances as Ed Avery, a happily married schoolteacher who agrees to take a new 'miracle drug' when diagnosed with a potentially fatal disease. It is not long before the medication begins producing malevolent and murderous side-effects that bring to the fore all of Ed's long-repressed frustrations with his life. Barbara Rush plays Ed's devoted wife, Christopher Olsen is his cruelly punished son and Walter Matthau appears as his faithful colleague.
DVD EXTRAS
Extras to be confirmed, Enhanced for WideScreen TV, Booklet
Soundtrack Languages
Dolby Mono: English
Technical Details
Certification: 12
Duration: 91 mins
Format: DVD
Region: 2
Aspect Ratio: 1:2.35 CinemaScope
Sound: Dolby Mono
Cat. No: BFIVD672(BFI VIDEO PUBLISHING)
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