Companions in Nightmare

One of the patients in a group-therapy session conducted by a famous psychiatrist is a murderer.

Cast

Gig Young

as Eric Nicholson

Anne Baxter

as Carlotta Mauridge

Patrick O'Neal

as Jeremy Siddack

Dana Wynter

as Julie Klanton

Leslie Nielsen

as Dr. Neesden

Melvyn Douglas

as Dr. Lawrence Strelson

William Redfield

as Richard Lyle

Bettye Ackerman

as Sara Nicholson

Louis Gossett Jr.

as Lt. Adam McKay

Stacy Harris

as Phillip Rootes

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