Twisted Nerve

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

Hayley Mills

as Susan Harper

Hywel Bennett

Hywel Bennett

as Martin (Georgie) Durnley

Billie Whitelaw

Billie Whitelaw

as Joan Harper

Frank Finlay

Frank Finlay

as Henry Durnley

Barry Foster

Barry Foster

as Gerry Henderson

Phyllis Calvert

Phyllis Calvert

as Enid Durnley

Salmaan Peerzada

Salmaan Peerzada

as Shashie Kadir

Christian Roberts

Christian Roberts

as Philip Harvey

Gretchen Franklin

Gretchen Franklin

as Clarkie

Timothy West

Timothy West

as Superintendant Dakin

Reviews

Wuchak

**_Hayley Mills in a late 60’s psychological drama-thriller_** A 22 years-old man (Hywel Bennett) cops a childlike personality to get close to a winsome library worker in London (Mills). He seeks to get his foot in the door of her mother’s boarding house. Havoc ensues. “Twisted Nerve” (1968...

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