Teenager David Clemens develops a hysterical fear that he will die if he comes into physical contact with another person. Perturbed, David's overbearing mother places him in a home for mentally disturbed young people, but David remains withdrawn from the other patients and his psychiatrist. Over time, however, David grows interested in 15-year-old Lisa, who suffers from multiple personalities – one who can only speak in rhyme, and the other, a mute.
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Keir Dullea
David Clemens
Janet Margolin
Lisa Brandt
Howard Da Silva
Dr. Swinford
Neva Patterson
Mrs. Clemens
Clifton James
John
Richard McMurray
Mr. Stewart Clemens
Nancy Nutter
Maureen
Mathew Anden
Simon
Jaime Sánchez
Carlos
Coni Hudak
Kate
Director
Frank Perry
Screenplay
Eleanor Perry
Tagline
"An unusual love story!"
Status
Released
Original Language
EN
Budget
$185,000
Production
Vision Associates Productions, Lisa and David Company
CinemaSerf
September 27, 2026
I suppose nowadays we would diagnose "David" (Keir Dullea) with some sort of compulsive disorder, but he really doesn't like to be touched - however affectionately. At the end of their tethers, his well-to-do parents have sent him to a school that specialises in educating and treating folk with mental illness - but he hates authority and so the best efforts of "Dr. Swinford" (Howard Da Silva) are ...
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