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Stop Me Before I Kill!

Original title: The Full Treatment
  • 1960
  • Approved
  • 1h 48m
IMDb RATING
6.0/10
1.1K
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Stop Me Before I Kill! (1960)
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Psychological DramaCrimeDramaMysteryThriller

After surviving a traumatic car accident, a race car driver travels to the Cote D'Azur to recover but is plagued by an urge to strangle his wife.After surviving a traumatic car accident, a race car driver travels to the Cote D'Azur to recover but is plagued by an urge to strangle his wife.After surviving a traumatic car accident, a race car driver travels to the Cote D'Azur to recover but is plagued by an urge to strangle his wife.

  • Director
    • Val Guest
  • Writers
    • Ronald Scott Thorn
    • Val Guest
  • Stars
    • Claude Dauphin
    • Diane Cilento
    • Ronald Lewis
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    • IMDb RATING
    6.0/10
    1.1K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Val Guest
    • Writers
      • Ronald Scott Thorn
      • Val Guest
    • Stars
      • Claude Dauphin
      • Diane Cilento
      • Ronald Lewis
    • 26User reviews
    • 35Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro

    • Videos1

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    Trailer 1:57
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    Claude Dauphin
    Claude Dauphin
    • Doctor Prade
    Diane Cilento
    Diane Cilento
    • Denise Colby
    Ronald Lewis
    Ronald Lewis
    • Alan Colby
    Françoise Rosay
    Françoise Rosay
    • Madame Prade
    • (as Francoise Rosay)
    Bernard Braden
    Bernard Braden
    • Harry
    Katya Douglas
    Katya Douglas
    • Connie
    Barbara Chilcott
    • Baroness de la Vailion
    Ann Tirard
    Ann Tirard
    • Nicole
    Edwin Styles
    • Doctor Roberts
    George Merritt
    George Merritt
    • Doctor Manfield
    Andre Charisse
    Andre Charisse
    • Waiter at Villa
    • (uncredited)
    Roy Everson
    • Onlooker at London Crash
    • (uncredited)
    Aileen Lewis
    • Onlooker at Crash
    • (uncredited)
    Dickie Owen
    Dickie Owen
    • London Taxi Driver
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Val Guest
    • Writers
      • Ronald Scott Thorn
      • Val Guest
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    • Trivia
      Sean Connery visited the set during filming in the South of France. He was dating Diane Cilento at the time. They married the following year.
    • Goofs
      Near the beginning of the film, after Alan successfully passes the truck and pulls over to the side of the road, he leaps out of the car without setting the parking brake. Denise is seen pulling on the handbrake, but the car continues to move until the end of the shot, with the front of the car going past the roadside sign. In the next shot, the car has been moved back so that its front is even with the sign.
    • Quotes

      David Prade: You know, only the unsuccessful murderers disclose their crimes.

      Alan Colby: And the successful ones?

      David Prade: Well, they draw their reward from a feeling of personal power.

    • Alternate versions
      Columbia cut the film to 93 min when they released it in the US, but the TV arm of Columbia, Screen Gems, syndicated a toned down 107 min. print to US television for years.

    User reviews26

    Featured review
    7/10

    A Pretty Good Mystery-Drama

    'Stop Me Before I Kill' is AKA 'The Full Treatment'. Both titles seem to fit this film quite well.

    A race car driver is in an accident and spends time in a coma, once he is awake he has the strange urge to kill his wife. His wife seeks help from a psychiatrist to help her husband overcome his urge and to find out why this is suddenly happening.

    The ending of this film seem appropriate - very befitting. I will not give it away for those who have not seen the film and would like to.

    This is not a bad mystery-drama - it's pretty good. No movie is "perfect" - they all have a few flaws and this one is no exception. The flaws in this film are minor.

    All movies are hard to fathom - you have to suspend your beliefs to watch any movie. With this film you will have to do the same thing as with any film.

    All in all a pretty good film. I enjoyed watching it.

    7/10
    • Tera-Jones
    • Jan 8, 2016
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    • Release date
      • October 1960 (United Kingdom)
    • Country of origin
      • United Kingdom
    • Languages
      • English
      • French
      • Italian
    • Also known as
      • Der unsichtbare Schatten
    • Filming locations
      • Albert Embankment, Lambeth, London, England, UK(Ronald and Diane's London apartment)
    • Production companies
      • Falcon
      • Hammer Films
      • Hilary
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 48 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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