Movie

The Circle (1967)

• August 15, 1967
• 57m

• Documentary
• Drama

Overview

Produced in 1967, this black and white film is an inmate's view of Daytop, a drug treatment centre on Staten Island, New York, where addicts learn to get along without drugs. Uncompromising, often brutal group therapy sessions are designed to shake loose the excuses a victim makes for himself. The people and situations shown are authentic; only one actor was employed. The results obtained at Daytop are regarded by some psychiatrists as a breakthrough.

Director

Mort Ransen

Writers

Mort Ransen

Starring

Don Francks