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Kathleen Quinlan
Deborah Blake
Bibi Andersson
Dr. Fried
Ben Piazza
Jay Blake
Lorraine Gary
Ester Blake
Martine Bartlett
Secret Wife
Margo Ann Berdeshevsky
Drawing Patient
Darlene Craviotto
Carla
Reni Santoni
Hobbs
Susan Tyrrell
Lee
Signe Hasso
Helene
Norman Alden
McPherson
Sylvia Sidney
Miss Coral
Dennis Quaid
Shark, Baseball Pitcher
Karin Collison
Nurse
Robert Viharo
Anterrabae
Diane Varsi
Sylvia
Helen Verbit
Patient
Gertrude Graner
Old Patient
Cynthia Szigeti
Nurse
Lynne Marie Stewart
The Sisters
Carol Worthington
Spastic Patient
Jan Burrell
Pacing Patient
Mary Carver
Eugenia
Clint Howard
Baseball Catcher
Jeff Conaway
Lactamaeon
Paul Jenkins
Dr. Royston
Donald Bishop
Doctor
Carole Androsky
Nurse
Nancy Parsons
Singing Patient
Dolores Quentin
Receptionist
Samantha Harper
Occupational Therapist
Richard Herd
Dr. Halle
Sarah Cunningham
Mrs. Forbes
Irene Roseen
The Sisters
Leigh Curran
Patient
Juney Ellis
The Spy
Pamela Guest
Student Nurse
Cherry Davis
Nurse

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A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on Sat Oct 18 2025

Kathleen Quinlan delivers powerfully here as the disturbed “Deborah” who has been institutionalised by her therapist “Dr. Fried” (Bibi Andersson). She’s delusional and walks a fairly fine line between a reality in which she doesn’t feel pain and a fantasy land with it’s own language that she must, at all costs, keep secret. Once ensconced, she finds herself staring at a stark world where her humanity is very much subsumed into a violent, noisy and drug-induced environment run by an eclectic combination of mostly men, who have varying degrees of sympathy for their patients/inmates. Fortunately f...