The Sleep Room
For their pain, for their lives, for their futures. The truth must be told.
Limited Series 1998 · 2 eps · ★ 10.0 · Drama, Mystery
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At the height of the cold war, the C.I.A. secretly funded Dr. Ewen Cameron, director of the Allan Memorial Institute, and his experimental research into brainwashing techniques. Twenty-five years later, the last nine survivors of those gruesome experiments fight to expose the truth...of The Sleep Room.
Directed by Anne Wheeler · Written by Bruce M. Smith
Network: CBC Television
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Leon Pownall Dr. Ewen Cameron -
Macha Grenon Nathalie Belding -
Nicola Cavendish Ruth Farmer -
Gabrielle Rose Nurse Stephens -
Emmanuel Bilodeau Dandain -
France Castel Flo Langelben -
Diego Matamoros Dr. Goldman -
Bruce Dinsmore Dr. Burns -
Eric Peterson Sal Rothenberg -
Daniel Kash Aaron Rothenberg -
Nicholas Campbell Lucas -
Marina Orsini Jane Conroy
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