Shock Treatment (1964)

Lauren Bacall: Dr. Edwina Beighley

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• Harley Manning : Dr. Beighley, I hope you feel proud of yourself, doctor.

  Dr. Edwina Beighley : What is that supposed to mean?

  Harley Manning : Why did you have to go out of your way to help that faker get away with murder and a million dollars?

  Dr. Edwina Beighley : Mr. Cannon! Mr. Manning would you like to repeat your accusation in front of a witness?

  Harley Manning : Don't threaten me, I've been sued by experts.

  Dr. Edwina Beighley : Repeat it then, and I'll collect enough from you in court so I'll never have to apply for a grant again.

  Harley Manning : I will, in time, with concrete proof. I'm sick and tired of psychiatrists who try to play God; who tell us our mothers and fathers made us neurotic and psychotic.

  Dr. Edwina Beighley : Mr. Manning, I've gone through analysis as all psychiatrists do. Now I suggest you try it. The results might prove most interesting.

• Dr. Edwina Beighley : The problem was to affect and then control the chemistry of his mind by causing a state of catatonia. I found the jugular vein easier to use.

  intern : Triflupromazine, doctor?

  Dr. Edwina Beighley : Oh, no, I've gone far beyond Triflupromazine, far beyond LSD, or anything else in use today.

  Dr. Edwina Beighley : As you can see, reaction began in less than a minute. Doctors you will never see a more complete state of catatonia.