The Mind Benders (1963)

6.3/10 109 min Thriller Drama

Overview

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.

Cast

Dirk Bogarde

Dr. Henry Laidlaw Longman

Mary Ure

Oonagh Longman

John Clements

Major Hall

Michael Bryant

Dr. Danny Tate

Wendy Craig

Annabella

Harold Goldblatt

Professor Sharpey

Geoffrey Keen

Calder

Norman Bird

Aubrey

Terence Alexander

Rowing Coach (uncredited)

Grace Arnold

Train Passenger (uncredited)

Elizabeth Counsell

Girl Student on Station (uncredited)

Roger Delgado

Dr. Jean Bonvoulois (uncredited)

Terence Edmond

1st Student at Party (uncredited)

Christopher Ellis

Peers Longman (uncredited)

Edward Fox

Stewart (uncredited)

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