The Tenth Level
The Tenth Level
Release: 1976-08-26
·Runtime: 102m
·★ 5.1
Drama
TV Movie
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."
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
CBS Studios
Cast
Lynn Carlin
as Barbara
Viveca Lindfors
as Mrs. Schnagel
Jeff Pomerantz
as Professor
Roy Poole
as Dr. Goodman
Stephen Macht
as Dahlquist
Lindsay Crouse
as Karen
Charles White
as Harry Vogel
Ossie Davis
as Reed
Estelle Parsons
as Crossland
Mike Kellin
as Mancuso
Damon Evans
John Travolta
as Lab Technician (uncredited)
William Shatner
as Prof. Stephen Turner
Richard McKenzie
as Mr. Dennison
Fred J. Scollay
as Dr. McBride