Shock Treatment (1981)
Shock Treatment is a 1981 comedy movie directed by Jim Sharman, with a running time of 1h 34m. It stars Jessica Harper, Cliff DeYoung and Richard O'Brien.
Brad and Janet Majors find their strained marriage put to the test on popular Denton TV show Marriage Maze. Poor Brad is heavily sedated and institutionalised, whilst Janet is given a radical makeover and primed for stardom. But what are the real motivations behind the kooky DTV crew and their enigmatic head-honcho, Farley Flavors?
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Cast
- Jessica Harper as Janet Majors
- Cliff DeYoung as Brad Majors / Farley Flavors
- Richard O'Brien as Dr. Cosmo McKinley / Kitchenware Announcer (voice)
- Patricia Quinn as Dr. Nation McKinley
- Charles Gray as Judge Oliver Wright
- Ruby Wax as Betty Hapschatt
- Nell Campbell as Nurse Ansalong
- Rik Mayall as 'Rest Home' Ricky
- Barry Humphries as Bert Schnick
- Darlene Johnson as Emily Weiss
- Manning Redwood as Harry Weiss
- Wendy Raebeck as Macy Struthers