The Fifth Floor
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Directed byHoward Avedis
Written byMeyer Dolinsky
Produced byHoward Avedis
StarringBo Hopkins
Dianne Hull
Patti D'Arbanville
Sharon Farrell
Robert Englund
Anthony James
Julie Adams
Mel Ferrer
John David Carson
Earl Boen
Betty Kean
Alice Nunn
Cathey Paine
Udana Power
Maggie Appel
Dianne Hull
Patti D'Arbanville
Sharon Farrell
Robert Englund
Anthony James
Julie Adams
Mel Ferrer
John David Carson
Earl Boen
Betty Kean
Alice Nunn
Cathey Paine
Udana Power
Maggie Appel
| The Fifth Floor | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Howard Avedis |
| Written by | Meyer Dolinsky |
| Produced by | Howard Avedis |
| Starring | Bo Hopkins Dianne Hull Patti D'Arbanville Sharon Farrell Robert Englund Anthony James Julie Adams Mel Ferrer John David Carson Earl Boen Betty Kean Alice Nunn Cathey Paine Udana Power Maggie Appel |
| Cinematography | Daniel Pearl |
| Edited by | Stanford C. Allen |
| Music by | Alan Silvestri |
| Distributed by | Film Ventures International |
Release date |
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Running time | 90 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $3,775,000[1] |
The Fifth Floor is a 1978 American thriller film about a sane woman who gets sent to an asylum. It stars Dianne Hull, Bo Hopkins and Mel Ferrer.[2][3]
The film focuses on Kelly McIntyre, a disco dancer played by Dianne Hull[4][5] who through no fault of her own accidentally overdoses on drugs and collapses at a disco.[6][7] She is misdiagnosed as suicidal and sent to a psychiatric ward[8] which is on the fifth floor of Cedar Springs Hospital.[9] There she finds herself alone with no help, not even from her boyfriend who refuses to get her out of there.[10] She becomes the subject of interest by an unbalanced orderly played by Bo Hopkins.[11]