Twisted Nerve
20/12/1968
2h

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


Hayley Mills
Susan Harper


Hywel Bennett
Martin (Georgie) Durnley


Billie Whitelaw
Joan Harper


Frank Finlay
Henry Durnley


Barry Foster
Gerry Henderson


Phyllis Calvert
Enid Durnley


Salmaan Peerzada
Shashie Kadir


Christian Roberts
Philip Harvey


Gretchen Franklin
Clarkie


Timothy West
Superintendant Dakin


Thorley Walters
Sir John Forrester


Russell Napier
Professor Fuller


Timothy Bateson
Mr. Groom


Basil Dignam
Doctor


Marianne Stone
Store Detective


Richard Davies
'Taffy' Evans
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