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The Tenth Level (1976)

The Tenth Level (1976)

Drama TV Movie

A world of evil so terrifying no one dares penetrate its secret. Until now!

Release Date: 1976, August 26
Directors: Charles S. Dubin
Countries: United States of America
Production: CBS Studios, CBS Studios
Cast: John Travolta, William Shatner, Viveca Lindfors, Tom Quinn, Ossie Davis, Lindsay Crouse, Roy Poole, Charles White, Estelle Parsons, Richard McKenzie, Mike Kellin, Fred J. Scollay

Overview:

Inspired by the Stanley Milgram obedience research, this TV movie chronicles a psychology professor's study to determine why people, such as the Nazis, were willing to "just follow orders" and do horrible things to others. Professor Stephen Turner leads students to believe that they are applying increasingly painful electric shocks to other subjects when they fail to perform a task correctly, and is alarmed to see how much pain the students can be convinced to inflict "in the name of science."

Keywords:

based on true story experiment psychology obedience