Release Date

26 Aug, 1976

Runtime

01:42: (HH:MM)

Synopsis

A world of evil so terrifying no one dares penetrate its secret. Until now!

Inspired by the Stanley Milgram obedience research, this TV movie chronicles a psychology professor's study to determine why people, such as the Nazis, were willing to "just follow orders" and do horrible things to others. Professor Stephen Turner leads students to believe that they are applying increasingly painful electric shocks to other subjects when they fail to perform a task correctly, and is alarmed to see how much pain the students can be convinced to inflict "in the name of science."

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Actors

William Shatner

Lynn Carlin

Ossie Davis

Viveca Lindfors

Estelle Parsons

Roy Poole

Mike Kellin

Richard McKenzie

Fred J. Scollay

Stephen Macht

Lindsay Crouse

Charles White

Gregory Abels

Robert Burr

Tom Quinn

Billie Lou Watt

Michael Howard

Jeff Pomerantz

Damon Evans

W.T. Martin

Gary Cookson

Crew