Companions in Nightmare

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Companions in Nightmare
Directed by Norman Lloyd
Written by Robert L. Joseph
Produced by Norman Lloyd
Starring Melvyn Douglas
Gig Young
Anne Baxter
Leslie Nielsen
Cinematography William Margulies
Edited by Douglas Stewart
Music by Bernard Herrmann
Distributed by Universal
NBC (Original Airing)
Release date
  • November 23, 1968 (1968-11-23)
Running time
100 minutes
CountryUnited States
Language English

Companions in Nightmare is a 1968 crime-drama film. It had early roles for Louis Gossett Jr. and Bettye Ackerman, and it also starred Gig Young, Melvyn Douglas, Patrick O'Neal and Leslie Nielsen.

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Plot

Dr. Lawrence Strelson (Melvyn Douglas) is a famous psychiatrist who conducts a group-therapy session with several high-priced professionals. It turns out that one of the patients is a murderer; the truth will come out, and it will be a shocker. Among the special guest suspects are Eric Nicholson (Gig Young), Carlotta Mauridge (Anne Baxter), Jeremy Siddack (Patrick O'Neal), Julie Klanton (Dana Wynter) and Dr. Neesden (Leslie Nielsen).

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