An ambitious newspaperman, Johnny Barrett, induces his stripper girl friend, Cathy, to pose as his sister and have him committed to a mental institution so he can investigate the unsolved knife murder of one of the patients. Three inmates witnessed the crime: Stuart, a former soldier brainwashed in Korea who now believes he is a Civil War general; Trent, a Negro broken by the ordeal of having been the first nonwhite to enroll at a southern university; and Boden, a former nuclear scientist whose mind has deteriorated to that of a 6-year-old child. While pretending to be a patient, Barrett is attacked by a group of nymphomaniacs, placed in a straitjacket after a riot, and forced to undergo shock therapy. Eventually he learns from Boden that the murderer is a hospital attendant, Wilkes, whose motivation arose from the need to suppress the revelation that he was having sexual relations with some of the female patients. After extracting a confession from Wilkes, Barrett is released and goes on to write an exposé, which is awarded a Pulitzer Prize. But the experience has been too much for him: he suffers a mental collapse and is returned to the institution.

Director:
Samuel Fuller	Director
Floyd Joyer	Assistant Director
Cast:
Peter Breck	as Johnny Barrett
Constance Towers	as Cathy
Gene Evans	as Boden
James Best	as Stuart
Hari Rhodes	as Trent
Larry Tucker	as Pagliacci
William Zuckert	as Swanee
Philip Ahn	as Dr. Fong
Neyle Morrow	as Psycho
John Matthews	as Dr. Cristo
Chuck Roberson	as Wilkes
John Craig	as Lloyd
Frank Gerstle	as Police lieutenant
Paul Dubov	as Dr. Menkin
Rachel Romen	as Singing nympho
Linda Randolph	as Dance teacher
Cinematography:
Stanley Cortez	Director of Photography
Samuel Fuller	Photog col seq
Writer:
Samuel Fuller	Screenwriter
Producer:
Samuel Fuller	Producer
Editing:
Jerome Thoms	Film Editor
Music:
Paul Dunlap	Music
Dance:
Jon Gregory	Choreography
Art Director:
Eugene Lourie	Art Director
Visual Effects:
Lynn Dunn	Sp optical eff
Charles Duncan	Special Effects
Make-Up:
Dan Greenway	Makeup Supervisor
Costume-Wardrobe:
Einar Bourman	Costumes
Art Department:
Charles Thompson	Set Decoration
Sound:
Phil Mitchell	Recording Supervisor
Gordon Zahler	Mus & sd eff supv
Joseph Von Stroheim	Sd eff ed
Jack Lowry	Music ed
Ryder Sound Service	Sound
Production Companies:
Sam Firks	Company
Leon Fromkess	Company
Film Production - Main:
Rudolph Flothow	Production Manager
Herbert G. Luft	Asst to leon fromkess
Mary Chaffee	Script Supervisor
Ray Mercer	Titles

The working title of this film is Straitjacket. Original title: Long Corridor.

Limited Release in United States February 13, 1998

Released in United States 1998

Released in United States August 8, 1991

Released in United States June 1998

Released in United States Summer June 1963

Shown at Avignon/New York Film Festival (Fuller Tribute) in New York City (French Institute) April 24 - May 3, 1998.

Shown at French-American Film Workshop in Avignon, France June 24-28, 1998.

Shown in New York City (Film Forum: Sam Fuller Retrospective) August 8, 1991.

The 1998 release is a restored print.

The hallucination sequence was shot in 16mm.

Released in United States 1998 (Shown at Avignon/New York Film Festival (Fuller Tribute) in New York City (French Institute) April 24 - May 3, 1998.)

Limited Release in United States February 13, 1998 (Film Forum; New York City)

Released in United States Summer June 1963

Released in United States June 1998 (Shown at French-American Film Workshop in Avignon, France June 24-28, 1998.)

Released in United States August 8, 1991 (Shown in New York City (Film Forum: Sam Fuller Retrospective) August 8, 1991.)