James Mason	Ed Avery
Barbara Rush	Lou Avery
Walter Matthau	Wally Gibbs
Robert F. Simon	Dr. Norton
Christopher Olsen	Richie Avery
Roland Winters	Dr. Ruric
Rusty Lane	Bob LaPorte
Rachel Stephens	Nurse
Kipp Hamilton	Pat Wade
Lee Aaker	Joe
David Bedell	X-Ray Doctor
Virginia Carroll	Mrs. Jones
Mary Carver	Saleslady
Betty Caulfield	Mrs. LaPorte
Lewis Charles	Dr. MacLennan

Director	Nicholas Ray
Producer	James Mason
Writer	Nicholas Ray Richard Maibaum
Cinematography	Joseph MacDonald
Musician	David Raksin

An educated and pleasant father turns into a monster after becoming addicted to painkilling drugs. Ed Avery (James Mason), a hard-working and harried elementary school teacher in a middle-class city, finds that prescriptions cortisone turns him into a changed man. His doctors offer him a new experimental drug. Dr. Ruric (Roland Winters) and Dr. Norton (Robert Simon) claim they have a miracle cure for what ails him, but soon his wife Lou Avery (Barbara Rush) notices the changes in his character that could threaten her and her son Richie Avery (Christopher Olsen). The side-effects grow more alarming and could change Avery into a psychotic killer.

Edition Details Audience Rating NR (Not Rated) Country USA Language English Barcode 715515054713 Region Region Free Release Date 3/23/2010 Packaging Keep Case Screen Ratio Theatrical Widescreen (2.35:1) Audio Tracks Mono [English] Layers Single Side, Single Layer No. of Disks/Tapes 1

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