The Chinese Room (film)

1968 Mexican mystery film

The Chinese Room is a 1966[1][2] Mexican mystery and melodrama film directed by the American filmmaker Albert Zugsmith.[3] It starred Guillermo Murray, Elizabeth Campbell, Carlos Rivas, and Cathy Crosby.

The film revolves around a doctor (Murray) "who uses unorthodox methods to cure a drug-addicted family".[4][5]

## Production

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It was based on a novel by Vivien Connell.[6][7]

According to Cathy Crosby, she became ill during the filming and had to swim to shore from the boat they were rehearsing on.[8]

## Reception

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The film was described as a "mixture of melodrama , mystery and horror around various situations related to adultery and crime" .[9] It was called "appalling rubbish" by Emilio Garcia Riera in his Brief History of Mexican Film[10].

## References

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1. ^ Wilt, David E. (2024-10-17). The Mexican Filmography, 1916 through 2001. McFarland. ISBN 978-1-4766-0430-5.
2. ^ Amador, María Luisa; Blanco, Jorge Ayala (1986). Cartelera cinematográfica, 1960-1969 (in Spanish). Centro Universitario de Estudios Cinematográficos, Coordinación General de Difusión Cultural, Dirección de Literatura/UNAM. ISBN 978-968-837-945-5.
3. ^ "The Chinese Room Review".
4. ^ Pitts, Michael R. (2024-10-09). Horror Film Stars, 3d ed. McFarland. ISBN 978-1-4766-1034-4.
5. ^ Rabkin, Leslie Y. (1998). The Celluloid Couch: An Annotated International Filmography of the Mental Health Professional in the Movies and Television, from the Beginning to 1990. Bloomsbury Academic. ISBN 978-0-8108-3462-0.
6. ^ "» A Review by Dan Stumpf: VIVIAN CONNELL – the Chinese Room [Book & Film]".
7. ^ Riera, Emilio García (1992). Historia documental del cine mexicano: 1966-1967 (in Spanish). Universidad de Guadalajara. ISBN 978-968-895-343-3.
8. ^ Clemens, Samuel (May 2023). "Cathy Crosby". Classic Images. pp. 26–29.
9. ^ Guerrero, 1849-1999 (in Spanish). Gobierno del Estado de Guerrero. 1999. ISBN 978-970-18-4221-8.
10. ^ Riera, Emilio García (1998). Breve historia del cine mexicano: primer siglo, 1897-1997 (in Spanish). Instituto Mexicano de Cinematografía. ISBN 978-968-5096-00-3.

## External links

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* The Chinese Room at IMDb

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Films of Albert Zugsmith

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* The Private Lives of Adam and Eve (1960)
* College Confidential (1960)
* Sex Kittens Go to College (1960)
* Dondi (1961)
* Confessions of an Opium Eater (1962)
* The Great Space Adventure (1963)
* Dog Eat Dog (1964)
* Fanny Hill: Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure (1964)
* The Incredible Sex Revolution (1965)
* Psychedelic Sexualis (1966) (uncredited)
* Movie Star, American Style or; LSD, I Hate You (1966)
* The Chinese Room (1968)
* Two Roses and a Golden Rod (1969)
* The Phantom Gunslinger (1970)
* Violated! (1974)

As producer
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* Captive Women (1952) (assoc)
* Invasion, U.S.A. (1952)
* Sword of Venus (1953) (assoc)
* Port Sinister (1953) (assoc)
* Paris Model (1953)
* Top Banana (1954)
* Female on the Beach (1955)
* The Square Jungle (1955)
* Red Sundown (1956)
* Raw Edge (1956)
* Star in the Dust (1956)
* Written on the Wind (1956)
* The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957)
* The Tattered Dress (1957)
* The Girl in the Kremlin (1957)
* Man in the Shadow (1957)
* Slaughter on Tenth Avenue (1957)
* The Tarnished Angels (1957)
* The Female Animal (1958)
* Touch of Evil (1958)
* High School Confidential (1958)
* Night of the Quarter Moon (1959)
* The Beat Generation (1959)
* The Big Operator (1959)
* Girls Town (1959)
* Platinum High School (1960)
* Zig Zag (1963)
* Sappho Darling (1968)

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