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A seriously ill schoolteacher becomes dependent on a “miracle” drug that begins to affect his sanity.
Schoolteacher and family man Ed Avery, who’s been suffering bouts of severe pain and even blackouts, is hospitalized with what’s diagnosed as a rare inflammation of the arteries. Told by doctors that he probably has only months to live, Ed agrees to an experimental treatment: doses of the hormone cortisone. Ed makes a remarkable recovery, and returns home to his wife, Lou, and their son, Richie. He must keep taking cortisone tablets regularly to prevent a recurrence of his illness. But the “miracle” cure turns into its own nightmare as Ed starts to abuse the tablets, causing him to experience increasingly wild mood swings.
Views: 90
Genre: Drama
Director: Nicholas Ray
Actors: Barbara Rush, Christopher Olsen, James Mason, Robert F. Simon, Roland Winters, Rusty Lane, Walter Matthau
Country: USA
IMDb: 7.6
