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The ninth configuration

In an old castle used by the U.S. government as an asylum, an unorthodox psychiatrist takes charge of the eccentric group of inmates, and the question arises as to who is the therapist and who is the patient.

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  • "William Peter Blatty's The ninth configuration"@en
  • "William Peter Blatty's The ninth configuration"
  • "Twinkle, twinkle killer Kane"@en
  • "9th configuration"

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  • "In an old castle used by the U.S. government as an asylum, an unorthodox psychiatrist takes charge of the eccentric group of inmates, and the question arises as to who is the therapist and who is the patient."@en
  • "In an experimental government center for troubled Vietnam veterans, the inmates run the asylum. One works on an adaptation of Shakespeare--for dogs. Another fancies himself a caped superhero. Still others masquerade as frogmen, nurses, nuns, pirates, doctors. Yet Colonel Vincent Kane, the psychiatrist in charge, eyes all with a stoic reserve. Maybe too stoic: there's a mystery here. And its final resolution is like a thunderclap."
  • "Colonel Hudson Kane (Keach) arrives to take charge at an old Gothic mansion near Washington which the military has acquired to study the possibility that incidents of psychosis in Vietnam are faked. The inmates submit him to a harrowing display of eccentricities which they hope will break him down like his predecessor. Appointed by a clerical error, Kane is no psychiatrist, but a combat veteran troubled by dreams of his brother Vincent, a ruthless killer. Kane holds a Catholic belief in the essential goodness of man. This belief is mocked by Capt. Cutshaw (Wilson), a mad astronaut. Realizing that his patients need a safety valve, Kane plans to stage John Sturges's "The great escape" as a psychodrama. However, when a new arrival recognizes him as "Killer Kane" he collapses. Col. Fell (Flanders) then reveals himself to be the real Hudson Kane, explaining the masquerade as a form of shock therapy to heal his traumatized brother. Disillusioned by this revelation, Cutshaw runs away. Kane rescues him from a group of hostile bikers by reverting to his "Killer" persona, then commits suicide. Cutshaw eventually is rehabilitated and rediscovers a St. Christopher medal which Kane gave him at their first meeting."@en
  • "Somewhere in a distant forest, there is a military installation where mind games are going on that lead to terror."
  • "In an experimental government center for troubled Vietnam veterans, the inmates run the asylum. One works on an adaptation of Shakespeare ... for dogs. Another fancies himself a caped superhero. Still others masquerade as frogmen, nurses, nuns, pirates, doctors. Yet Colonel Hudson Kane, the psychiatrist in charge, eyes all with a stoic reserve. Maybe too stoic: there's a mystery here. And its final resolution is like a thunderclap."@en
  • "In an experimental government center for troubled Vietnam veterans, the inmates run the asylum. One works on an adaptation of Shakespeare ... for dogs. Another fancies himself a caped superhero. Still others masquerade as frogmen, nurses, nuns, pirates, doctors. Yet Colonel Hudson Kane, the psychiatrist in charge, eyes all with a stoic reserve. Maybe too stoic: there's a mystery here. And its final resolution is like a thunderclap."
  • "Colonel Hudson Kane, a psychiatrist, has to break through the madness of a group of high-ranking officers who have had unnerving and ominous breakdowns."
  • "Colonel Hudson Kane, a psychiatrist, has to break through the madness of a group of high-ranking officers who have had unnerving and ominous breakdowns."@en

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  • "War films"
  • "Video recordings for the hearing impaired"@en
  • "Drama"@en
  • "Drama"
  • "Films for the hearing impaired"@en
  • "Fiction films"
  • "Fantasy films"
  • "Film adaptations"
  • "Feature films"@en
  • "Feature films"
  • "fiction fantastique (fiction)"

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  • "The ninth configuration"@en
  • "The ninth configuration"
  • "The Ninth configuration"@en
  • "La neuvième configuration"