The Tenth Level (1976)

US:: NR Drama

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."

Updated May 30 2020

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US -

1976-08-26

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Keywords:

experiment psychology based on a true story obedience

FACTS

Runtime: 102 mins Rating: 5.1 Tag Line: A world of evil so terrifying no one dares penetrate its secret. Until now!

Cast

William Shatner

Prof. Stephen Turner

Estelle Parsons

Crossland

John Travolta

Lab Technician (uncredited)

Lynn Carlin

Barbara

Ossie Davis

Reed

Viveca Lindfors

Mrs. Schnagel

Lindsay Crouse

Karen

Stephen Macht

Dahlquist