Overview

Inspired by the Stanley Milgram obedience research, this TV movie chronicles a psychology professor's study to determine why people, such as the Nazis, were willing to "just follow orders" and do horrible things to others. Professor Stephen Turner leads students to believe that they are applying increasingly painful electric shocks to other subjects when they fail to perform a task correctly, and is alarmed to see how much pain the students can be convinced to inflict "in the name of science."

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Cast

William Shatner

Prof. Stephen Turner

Lynn Carlin

Barbara

Ossie Davis

Reed

Viveca Lindfors

Mrs. Schnagel

Estelle Parsons

Crossland

Roy Poole

Dr. Goodman

Mike Kellin

Mancuso

Richard McKenzie

Mr. Dennison

Fred J. Scollay

Dr. McBride

Stephen Macht

Dahlquist

Lindsay Crouse

Karen

Charles White

Harry Vogel