The Tenth Level

Inspired by the Stanley Milgram obedience research, this TV movie chronicles a psychology professor's study to determine why people, such as the Nazis, were willing to "just follow orders" and do horrible things to others. Professor Stephen Turner leads students to believe that they are applying increasingly painful electric shocks to other subjects when they fail to perform a task correctly, and is alarmed to see how much pain the students can be convinced to inflict "in the name of science."

Cast

William Shatner

as Prof. Stephen Turner

Lynn Carlin

as Barbara

Ossie Davis

as Reed

Viveca Lindfors

as Mrs. Schnagel

Estelle Parsons

as Crossland

Roy Poole

as Dr. Goodman

Mike Kellin

as Mancuso

Richard McKenzie

as Mr. Dennison

Fred J. Scollay

as Dr. McBride

Stephen Macht

as Dahlquist

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