Asylum

Asylum

6.0IMDb Score
Released:1972-11-17
Genre:Horror
Duration:88 min
Director:Roy Ward Baker
Actors:Peter Cushing, Patrick Magee, Herbert Lom, Britt Ekland, Barry Morse
Production:Amicus Productions

Overview:

A young psychiatrist applies for a job at a mental asylum and must pass a test by interviewing four patients. He must figure out which of the patients, is in fact, the doctor that he would be replacing if hired.

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