
The Tenth Level
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."
Release Date: 1976-08-26
Drama
TV Movie
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William Shatner
as Prof. Stephen Turner

Lynn Carlin
as Barbara

Ossie Davis
as Reed

Viveca Lindfors
as Mrs. Schnagel

Estelle Parsons
as Crossland

Roy Poole
as Dr. Goodman

Mike Kellin
as Mancuso

Richard McKenzie
as Mr. Dennison

Fred J. Scollay
as Dr. McBride

Stephen Macht
as Dahlquist