Directed by:
Nicholas RayCinematography:
Joseph MacDonaldComposer:
David RaksinCast:
James Mason, Barbara Rush, Walter Matthau, Robert F. Simon, Christopher Olsen, Roland Winters, Rusty Lane, Natalie Masters, Richard Collier, Kipp Hamilton (more)Plots(1)
When a friendly, successful suburban teacher and father (James Mason, in one of his most indelible roles) is prescribed cortisone for a painful, possibly fatal affliction, he grows dangerously addicted to the experimental drug, resulting in his transformation into a psychotic and ultimately violent household despot. (official distributor synopsis)
Cast
![James Mason](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/211/164211043_7f296e.jpg)
James Mason
UK
Best movies:
North by Northwest (1959)
Jesus of Nazareth (1977) (TV movie)
Julius Caesar (1953)
![Barbara Rush](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/051/471/51471313_bb9d2d.jpg)
Barbara Rush
USA
Best movies:
Hombre (1967)
The Young Philadelphians (1959)
Strangers When We Meet (1960)
![Walter Matthau](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/482/162482260_cafc48.jpg)
Walter Matthau
USA
Best movies:
JFK (1991)
Barbra: The Concert (1994) (concert)
Fail-Safe (1964)
![Robert F. Simon](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/318/159318039_04d2d9.jpg)
Robert F. Simon
USA
Best movies:
The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell (1955)
Compulsion (1959)
Columbo (1971) (series)
![Christopher Olsen](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/318/159318041_c79061.gif)
Christopher Olsen
USA
Best movies:
The Bad and the Beautiful (1952)
The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)
The Fastest Gun Alive (1956)
![Roland Winters](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/318/159318042_bcf8aa.jpg)
Roland Winters
USA
Best movies:
Citizen Kane (1941)
Loving (1970)
Bigger Than Life (1956)
![Rusty Lane](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/318/159318044_f77845.jpg)
Rusty Lane
USA
Best movies:
Spencer's Mountain (1963)
The Harder They Fall (1956)
Party Girl (1958)
![Natalie Masters](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/374/159374630_584914.jpg)
Natalie Masters
USA
Best movies:
Rosemary's Baby (1968)
The Best Man (1964)
A Big Hand for the Little Lady (1966)
![Richard Collier](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/228/159228303_8d6937.gif)
Richard Collier
USA
Best movies:
Hello, Dolly! (1969)
The Chase (1966)
Imitation of Life (1959)
![Kipp Hamilton](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/281/159281953_081a00.jpg)
Kipp Hamilton
USA
Best movies:
Bigger Than Life (1956)
Never So Few (1959)
The War of the Gargantuas (1966)
![Jerry Mathers](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/318/159318045_f9aec6.jpg)
Jerry Mathers
USA
Best movies:
The Trouble with Harry (1955)
Bigger Than Life (1956)
Better Luck Tomorrow (2002)
![Sid Melton](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/318/159318047_5f02aa.jpg)
Sid Melton
USA
Best movies:
White Heat (1949)
Lady Sings the Blues (1972)
Shadow of the Thin Man (1941)
Colin Kenny
Ireland
Best movies:
Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
My Fair Lady (1964)
![Gail Bonney](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/571/159571569_ca60cc.jpg)
Gail Bonney
USA
Best movies:
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
Inherit the Wind (1960)
Hal Taggart
USA
Best movies:
The Graduate (1967)
Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
Inherit the Wind (1960)
![Joseph Mell](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/933/159933946_9a0997.gif)
Joseph Mell
USA
Best movies:
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
The Big Heat (1953)
The Harder They Fall (1956)
![Wilbur Mack](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/011/160011778_cc37d0.jpg)
Wilbur Mack
USA
Best movies:
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
![Eugenia Paul](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/873/159873677_91b7fc.jpg)
Eugenia Paul
USA
Best movies:
The Ten Commandments (1956)
Bigger Than Life (1956)
Mary Carver
USA
Best movies:
From Here to Eternity (1953)
I Never Promised You a Rose Garden (1977)
Bigger Than Life (1956)
![Lewis Charles](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/358/161358920_e75b9d.jpg)
Lewis Charles
USA
Best movies:
Birdman of Alcatraz (1962)
The Rose Tattoo (1955)
Party Girl (1958)