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In this thriller, psychiatrist Dr. Cross (Vincent Price) kills his wife and expects to get away with murder, until he discovers that the slaying was observed by a next-door neighbor, Janet Stewart (Anabel Shaw). As Janet attempts to convince her husband (Frank Latimore) of the doctor's dastardly deed, Cross shows up to advise him that Janet is in dire need of some in-depth counseling.

Shock is a 1946 American film noir directed by Alfred L. Werker and starring Vincent Price, Lynn Bari and Frank Latimore.

Plot
A psychiatrist, Dr. Cross (Vincent Price), is treating a young woman, Janet Stewart (Anabel Shaw), who is in a coma-state, brought on when she heard loud arguing, went to her window and saw a man strike his wife with a candlestick and kill her. Lynn Bari is Dr. Cross’s nurse/lover, Elaine Jordan.

As Stewart comes out of her shock, she recognizes Dr. Cross as the killer. He then takes her to his sanitarium and at Elaine’s urging, gives Janet an overdose of insulin under the pretense of administering insulin shock therapy. He can’t bring himself to murder her in cold blood, though, and asks Elaine to get the medicine to save her. Elaine refuses, they argue, and he strangles her. A colleague of Dr. Cross, Dr. Harvey, saves Janet’s life and Dr. Cross is taken into custody by a lawyer from the District Attorney’s office.

Cast
Vincent Price as Dr. Richard Cross
Lynn Bari as Elaine Jordan
Frank Latimore as Lt. Paul Stewart
Anabel Shaw as Janet Stewart
Stephen Dunne as Dr. Stevens
Reed Hadley as O’Neill
Renee Carson as Mrs. Hatfield
Charles Trowbridge as Dr. Franklin Harvey

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