The Mind Benders

The Mind Benders

109 mins | Action, Thriller, Science Fiction | Feb. 1, 1963

A British scientist is discovered to have been passing information to the Communists, then kills himself. Another scientist decides that they might have brainwashed him by a sensory deprivation technique, but he doesn’t know if someone really can be convinced to act against their strongest feelings. So he agrees to be the subject in an experiment in which others will try to make him stop loving his wife.

The Mind Benders

109 mins | Action, Thriller, Science Fiction | Feb. 1, 1963

The Mind Benders
A British scientist is discovered to have been passing information to the Communists, then kills himself. Another scientist decides that they might have brainwashed him by a sensory deprivation technique, but he doesn’t know if someone really can be convinced to act against their strongest feelings. So he agrees to be the subject in an experiment in which others will try to make him stop loving his wife.
IMDb rating 6.4
Producers Michael Relph Productions, American International Pictures, Anglo-Amalgamated Productions
Original title The Mind Benders
Directors Susan Dyson, Basil Rayburn, Basil Dearden
Writers James Kennaway

Cast

Dirk Bogarde

as Dr. Henry Laidlaw Longman

Mary Ure

as Oonagh Longman

John Clements

as Major Hall

Wendy Craig

as Annabella

Geoffrey Keen

as Calder

Norman Bird

as Aubrey

Michael Bryant

as Dr. Danny Tate

Harold Goldblatt

as Professor Sharpey

Edward Fox

as Stewart (uncredited)

Terry Palmer

as Norman

Roger Delgado

as Dr. Jean Bonvoulois (uncredited)