The Ninth Configuration
How do you fight a war called madness?
DramaComedyHorrorMysteryThrillervietnam wararmypost-traumatic stress disorder (ptsd)based on novel or booksupernaturaldark comedycastleinsane asylumreligionastronautcrucifixpsychosis
A darkly comic, philosophically ambitious exploration of madness, trauma, and faith set in a gothic military asylum where the boundary between sanity and delusion dissolves into absurdist mystery.
Army psychiatrist Colonel Kane is posted to a secluded gothic castle housing a military asylum. With a reserved calm, he indulges the inmates' delusions, allowing them free rein to express their fantasies.
Essence
Ensemble
Stacy Keach
Col. Hudson Kane
Scott Wilson
Capt. Billy Cutshaw
Jason Miller
Lt. Frankie Reno
Ed Flanders
Col. Richard Fell
Neville Brand
Maj. Marvin Groper
George DiCenzo
Capt. Fairbanks
Moses Gunn
Maj. Nammack
Robert Loggia
Lt. Bennish
Joe Spinell
Lt. Spinell
Alejandro Rey
Lt. Gomez
Tom Atkins
Sgt. Krebs
Steve Sandor
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