The Mind Benders (1963)
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.
- Released
- 1963-02-01
- Genres
- Thriller, Drama
- Runtime
- 109 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Basil Dearden, James Kennaway
- TMDB rating
- 6.3/10 from 30 votes
Cast
- Dirk Bogarde as Dr. Henry Laidlaw Longman
- Mary Ure as Oonagh Longman
- John Clements as Major Hall
- Michael Bryant as Dr. Danny Tate
- Wendy Craig as Annabella
- Harold Goldblatt as Professor Sharpey
- Geoffrey Keen as Calder
- Terry Palmer as Norman
- Norman Bird as Aubrey
- Terence Alexander as Rowing Coach (uncredited)
- Grace Arnold as Train Passenger (uncredited)
- Timothy Beaton as Paul Longman (uncredited)