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63% Critic Match
The Mind Benders
“PERVERTED... SOULESS! The Most Dangerous And Different Motion Picture Ever Brought To The Screen!”
6.3 / 10• 1963• 1h 49m•NR• English
ThrillerDrama
Storyline
A British scientist is discovered to have been passing information to the Communists, then kills himself. Another scientist decides that they might have brainwashed him by a sensory deprivation technique, but he doesn’t know if someone really can be convinced to act against their strongest feelings. So he agrees to be the subject in an experiment in which others will try to make him stop loving his wife.
Cast & Crew
Dirk Bogarde
Dr. Henry Laidlaw Longman
Lead
Mary Ure
Oonagh Longman
John Clements
Major Hall
Michael Bryant
Dr. Danny Tate
Wendy Craig
Annabella
Harold Goldblatt
Professor Sharpey
Geoffrey Keen
Calder
TP
Terry Palmer
Norman
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Basil Dearden's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. The Mind Benders is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
