The Big Cube
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| Directed by | Tito Davison |
| Produced by | Francisco Diaz Barroso Lindsley Parsons |
| Written by |
Edmundo Báez (story) Tito Davison (story) William Douglas Lansford (writer) |
| Starring |
Lana Turner Karin Mossberg George Chakiris Daniel O'Herlihy Richard Egan |
| Music by | Val Johns |
| Cinematography | Gabriel Figueroa |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
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98 mins. |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
The Big Cube is a 1969 American thriller film directed by Tito Davison and starring Lana Turner, Karin Mossberg, George Chakiris, Daniel O'Herlihy and Richard Egan; it was one of Lana Turner's last movies. It is notable for its aggressive portrayal of LSD use and the 1960s youth counterculture as vicious evils.
Adriana Roman (Lana Turner), a successful stage actress, retires to marry Charles Winthrop (Daniel O'Herlihy), a wealthy tycoon. Winthrop's daughter, Lisa (Karin Mossberg), is instantly distrustful of Adriana solely because she is "the other woman" taking her father's affection.
Charles is killed in a boating accident, which also leads to Adriana suffering from a concussion. Lisa's new boyfriend Johnny Allen (George Chakiris), a womanizing, fortune-hunting medical student, capitalizes on that distrust to persuade Lisa that her father's death was murder, a charge exacerbated by Adriana's threat—as per her late husband's instructions as laid out in his will, for which Adriana is executor—to disinherit Lisa if she marries Johnny.
Johnny conspires with Lisa to lace Adriana's prescribed sedatives with enough LSD to drive her insane. In addition, while Adriana is having LSD-induced hallucinations, they plan on playing pre-recorded subliminal messages to further drive her crazy.
Johnny intends to kill Adriana by adding a recorded message to open the window and jump. Lisa is unaware of his scheme. As Adriana is about to jump to her probable death, Lisa saves her. While still unaware of Johnny's true intent, Lisa continues with their plan and Adriana is committed to a mental hospital, where they have Adriana declared legally insane and thus unable to carry out her obligations in Charles' will.
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