John Clements Videos : THE BEST OF BRITISH: THE MIND BENDERS (1962 12 b/w)

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THE BEST OF BRITISH: THE MIND BENDERS (1962 12 b/w)

On itv gold 1, your next "Best of British" presentation stars Peter Finch and Rita Tushingham in the 1964 adaptation of the novel by Edna O'Brien, "Girl With Green Eyes". Here on itv gold 2, we're pleased to bring you a rare British gem, as Dirk Bogarde and Mary Ure are joined by John Clements and Wendy Craig in Basil Dearden's "The Mind Benders". Here's the storyline: "A British scientist is discovered to have been passing information to the Communists, then kills himself. Another scientist decides that they might have brainwashed him by a sensory deprivation technique, but he doesn't know if someone really can be convinced to act against their strongest feelings. So, he agrees to be the subject in an experiment in which others will try to make him stop loving his wife." Wendy Craig was to be reunited with Bogarde in her next film, Joseph Losey's "The Servant" (1963), already playing on itv gold 1. And if you're a fan of the director's work, you'll be pleased to hear that we shall be featuring more of it in the coming weeks, particularly the film which also stars Bogarde and Stanley Baker, "Accident" from 1967.

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