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Synopsis: When a detective scoffs at his suggestion that an 18 year-old criminal be referred for psychiatric examination Dr. Andrew Collins, the police psychiatrist, tells him the story of his encounter with Al Walker. Walker had a history of violence and killed the prison warden during an escape. He and his gang took the Collins family and their friends hostage but when Dr. Collins learns that Walker has a violent recurring dream, he offers to help him decipher the dream and determine exactly what has driven him to a life of crime and violence.
Director(s): Rudolph Maté
Production: Columbia Pictures
 
IMDB:
6.4
Rotten Tomatoes:
50%
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Year:
1948
75 min
115 Views


earlier in life,

Perhaps he would never have

killed at all -

Only, it was too late.

Well, that's the story

of al Walker.

Do we want Larrapoe

ending the same way?

Not all deformities

are physical, williams.

Put the boy in an institution.

Give him psychiatric treatment.

I don't think he'll ever be

another al Walker.

Okay, doc.

I'll go along with you.

I guess it's worth a try.

There,

with very little difference

In the basic human equation

goes anyone of us...

or our kid.

Which one ends up an al Walker;

and which one gets a chance

To come out

a decent member of society

May very largely be up to us.

All some of them need

is a break.

With a little understanding

and guidance,

Maybe we can salvage

some of this waste.

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Philip MacDonald

Philip MacDonald (5 November 1900, London – 10 December 1980, Woodland Hills, California) was a British author of thrillers. more…

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