Synopsis
Comedy Drama / 13m, 4f / Int.
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Kirk Douglas played on Broadway as a charming rogue who contrives to serve a short sentence in an airy mental institution rather in a prison.
This, he learns, was a mistake.
He clashes with the head nurse, a fierce artinet.
Quickly, he takes over the yard and accomplishes what the medical profession has been unable to do for twelve years; he makes a presumed deaf and dumb Indian talk.
He leads others out of introversion, stages a revolt so that they can s
Themes
- Mentally ill
- Mentally ill--Drama
- Psychiatric hospital patients
- Psychiatric hospital patients--Drama
- PS3573.A797 O5 1974
- Psychiatric nurses--Drama
- Psychiatric nurses
Performance
Cast
A large cast size of 17 total roles, 4 female and 13 male roles.
