The Tenth Level

Plot Summary

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."

Top Cast

William Shatner Prof. Stephen Turner

Lynn Carlin Barbara

Ossie Davis Reed

Viveca Lindfors Mrs. Schnagel

Estelle Parsons Crossland