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The Caretakers | |
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Directed by | Hall Bartlett |
Screenplay by | Henry F. Greenberg |
Story by |
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Based on | the book by Dariel Telfer |
Produced by | Hall Bartlett |
Starring | Robert Stack Polly Bergen Joan Crawford Janis Paige Diane McBain Van Williams Constance Ford Sharon Hugueny Herbert Marshall Ana St. Clair Barbara Barrie Robert Vaughn Susan Oliver |
Cinematography | Lucien Ballard, A.S.C. |
Edited by | William B. Murphy, A.C.E. |
Music by | Elmer Bernstein |
Production company | |
Distributed by | United Artists |
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Running time | 97 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Box office | $2,050,000 (US/Canada)[1] $1,110,000 (Foreign) [2][page needed][3] |
The Caretakers (released in the UK as Borderlines) is a 1963 American drama film starring Robert Stack, Polly Bergen, Diane McBain, Joan Crawford and Janis Paige[4][5][6] in a story about a mental hospital.
The screenplay was adapted by Henry F. Greenberg from a story by Hall Bartlett and Jerry Paris[4] based on the 1959 novel The Caretakers by Dariel Telfer.[7][8] The film was produced and directed by Bartlett, co-produced by Paris and distributed by United Artists. The Caretakers is reminiscent of The Snake Pit (1948), a film set in a similar hospital. The on-screen text in opening credits states: "Dedicated to the caretakers whose research and sacrifice discover truth. For Beba, Alice, Paul, Cathy, Laurie, Pearl, Margaret, Warren, Arthur".