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Genre: Drama /  more » Awards: 1 nomination  more » User Ratings: 7.5 (3,016 votes)  more »   Production Co: FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Distributor: FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Summary: A seriously ill schoolteacher becomes dependent on a "miracle" drug that begins to affect his sanity.  more »

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Filmmakers: Nicholas Ray - Director, Cyril Hume - Writer (story) (screenplay), Richard Maibaum - Writer (story) (screenplay), Berton Roueché¹ - Writer (article in "The New Yorker"), James Mason - Producer, Joe MacDonald¹ - Cinematographer, David Raksin - Composer, Louis Loeffler¹ - Editor  more »

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