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The Caretakers (released in the UK as Borderlines) is a 1963 American drama film starring Robert Stack, Polly Bergen, Diane McBain, Joan Crawford and Janis Paige in a story about a mental hospital.
Dr. MacLeod (Robert Stack) is a new, optimistic doctor who attempts to start an out-patient program for the women in the ward. His method of treating mentally ill patients without violence or punishment is met with resistance by the head nurse, Lucretia Terry (Joan Crawford).
A progressive psychiatrist clashes with the conservative head nurse at a state institution.
Dr. MacLeod (Robert Stack) is a new, optimistic doctor who attempts to start an out-patient program for the women in the ward. His method of treating mentally ill patients without violence or punishment is met with resistance by the head nurse, Lucretia Terry (Joan Crawford).
Dr. MacLeod (Robert Stack), an idealistic psychiatrist, has developed a new type of therapy for severely disturbed individuals at a mental institution. However, head nurse Lucretia Terry (Joan ...
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This movie chronicles the trials of the mentally ill and their care-givers in an over-crowded ward of a hospital.
The Caretakers (1963) - Directed by Hall Bartlett, produced by Hall Bartlett, Jerry Paris, Bill Shiffrin and starring Robert Stack, Polly Bergen, Diane McBain, Joan Crawford, Janis Paige, Van Williams, Constance Ford, Sharon Hugueny,and more...
The Caretakers, released in the UK as Borderlines, is a 1963 American drama film starring Robert Stack, Polly Bergen, Diane McBain, Joan Crawford and Janis Paige in a story about a mental hospital. The screenplay was adapted by Henry F. Greenberg from a story by Hall Bartlett and Jerry Paris based on the 1959 novel The Caretakers by Dariel Telfer.
The Caretakers. A doctor and a head nurse clash over therapy for a housewife in a West Coast mental hospital. 35 IMDb 5.6 1 h 38 min 1963. 13+. Drama.
A headstrong nurse who believes in traditional treatment methods clashes with a crusading psychiatrist with new but controversial ideas over the proper care and treatment of a mentally ill patient.
