The Stanford Prison Experiment (2015)

Synopsis

In 1971, Stanford's Professor Philip Zimbardo conducts a controversial psychology experiment in which college students pretend to be either prisoners or guards, but the proceedings soon get out of hand. Based on a true story.

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Cast

• Billy Crudup as Dr. Philip Zimbardo
• Michael Angarano as Christopher Archer
• Ezra Miller as Daniel Culp / Prisoner 8612
• Tye Sheridan as Peter Mitchell / Prisoner 819
• Olivia Thirlby as Dr. Christina Maslach
• Nelsan Ellis as Jesse Fletcher
• Moisés Arias as Anthony Carroll
• Nicholas Braun as Karl Vandy
• Gaius Charles as Paul Vogel
• Keir Gilchrist as John Lovett

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