BRAINSTORM
1965.....105 minutes
Jeffrey Hunter, Anne Francis, Dana Andrews
Brainstorm is a frightening thriller written and well-directed
by actor William Conrad. Jim Grayam (Jeffrey Hunter) is a young
scientist who saves Lorrie Benson (Anne Francis) from committing
suicide. They fall in love, but Lorrie's husband Cort Benson
(Dana Andrews), who had driven her to the brink of suicide before,
discovers that Jim has had a history of mental instability and
fabricates obscene phone calls and other actions to create the
impression that Jim is unstable. The pair decide to murder Cort,
using insanity as a defense. The film has a series of interesting
plot twists and a plausible ending, and the performances are
generally excellent with Conrad's direction maintaining a good
pace and an excellent visual style aided by a good, simple musical
score by George Duning.
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