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The Fifth Floor (1978)

The Fifth Floor (1978)

Horror

The Nightmare Is Knowing You're Sane.

Release Date: 1978, November 15
Directors: Howard Avedis
Countries: United States of America
Production: Hickmar Productions
Cast: Earl Boen, Bob Herron, Milt Kogan, Michael Berryman, Robert Englund, Tracey Walter, John David Carson, Chuck Boyd, Anthony James, Patti D'Arbanville, Duane Tucker, Bo Hopkins

Overview:

A young woman collapses on the disco dance floor of what's revealed to be strychnine poisoning. Assuming that this is an attempt at suicide, her boyfriend and doctor have her committed to the Fifth Floor, an asylum with obviously crazy inmates and a predatory orderly. The problem is, she's still sane!

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