An American insurance investigator called Jeff Keenan (played by Rod Cameron) is sent to investigate the death of film star Clark Denver (played by John McCarthy) who crashed his car on the South of France. Keenan's enquires lead him to an exclusive private clinic that specialises in "deep relaxation therapy". It caters for the rich and famous who want to cure their personal problems such as alcoholism, drug addiction and depression. They are hypnotised and a device implants imagery into their brains whilst they are left in mortuary-style drawers to dream for weeks at a time. Keenan discovers that there have been several suspicious deaths connected to the clinic and it transpires that the owner, Paul Zakon (played by Peter Illing), has been using the inventor, Dr Philip Maxwell's (played by Meredith Edwards), invention to make his wealthy patients dependent on him and subservient to his will...
A British co feature with a more ambitious concept than most. A so called "exclusive" clinic that tempts the wealthy with rather dubious treatments and therapies to con them seems less than absurd. It succeeds in creating a dreamlike atmosphere with the aid of some excellent electronic music, set design and classy b/w photography by Bert Mason who would go on to shoot several of Anglo Amalgamated's Edgar Wallace 'B'-pics. The dream sequences involving mildly exotic dancing are reasonably persuasive too. It's let down by plodding direction and indifferent performances by an unremarkable cast, although Illing is noteworthy as the arch villain who goes about his control freakery in a calm and rational way. The emotional element of Cameron who makes a rather bland hero, saving a former actress girlfriend (played by Mary Murphy) with whom he reconciles his relationship doesn't quite come off.
A British co feature with a more ambitious concept than most. A so called "exclusive" clinic that tempts the wealthy with rather dubious treatments and therapies to con them seems less than absurd. It succeeds in creating a dreamlike atmosphere with the aid of some excellent electronic music, set design and classy b/w photography by Bert Mason who would go on to shoot several of Anglo Amalgamated's Edgar Wallace 'B'-pics. The dream sequences involving mildly exotic dancing are reasonably persuasive too. It's let down by plodding direction and indifferent performances by an unremarkable cast, although Illing is noteworthy as the arch villain who goes about his control freakery in a calm and rational way. The emotional element of Cameron who makes a rather bland hero, saving a former actress girlfriend (played by Mary Murphy) with whom he reconciles his relationship doesn't quite come off.