The Tenth Level

The Tenth Level

102 mins | Drama, TV Movie | Aug. 26, 1976

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."

The Tenth Level

102 mins | Drama, TV Movie | Aug. 26, 1976

The Tenth Level
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."
IMDb rating 6.5
Producers CBS Television Studios
Original title The Tenth Level
Directors Rowland Vance, Charles S. Dubin
Writers George Bellak

Cast

William Shatner

as Prof. Stephen Turner

Lynn Carlin

as Barbara

Ossie Davis

as Reed

Viveca Lindfors

as Mrs. Schnagel

Estelle Parsons

as Crossland

Roy Poole

as Dr. Goodman

Mike Kellin

as Mancuso

Richard McKenzie

as Mr. Dennison

Fred J. Scollay

as Dr. McBride

Stephen Macht

as Dahlquist

Lindsay Crouse

as Karen

Charles White

as Harry Vogel

Gregory Abels

as Lab Technician

Robert Burr

as Mr. Hughes

Tom Quinn

as Bully in Bar

Billie Lou Watt

as Mrs. Carol

Jeff Pomerantz

as Professor

W.T. Martin

as Mario, the Waiter

Gary Cookson

as Lab Technician

John Travolta

as Lab Technician (uncredited)