The Mind Benders
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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.
Status: Released
Released Date: 1963-02-01
Runtime: 109 mins
Director: Basil Dearden
Spoken language: English
Genres: Thriller, Drama
Original title: The Mind Benders
Production Companies: Michael Relph Productions, Anglo-Amalgamated
Production Countries: United Kingdom
Cast
Dirk Bogarde
Mary Ure
John Clements
Michael Bryant
Wendy Craig
Harold Goldblatt
Geoffrey Keen
Terry Palmer
Norman Bird
Terence Alexander
Grace Arnold
Timothy Beaton
Elizabeth Counsell
Roger Delgado
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