Chattahoochee (1989) on Netflix
A Korean War veteran, Emmett Foley, breaks down in 1955 Florida and is committed to the state hospital at Chattahoochee. The doctors and staff there terrorize and torture their patients.
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Plot summary
Emmett Foley comes home from the Korean War to Florida in 1955. Goading the local police into violence does not end his life, so he shoots himself in the chest instead. He survives, and once he has recovered he is committed to the Florida State Hospital at Chattahoochee, a maximum security institution for the mentally ill. There the doctors and staff terrorize and torture the patients in their care, and Emmett begins to fight back against the way the place is run. The film's story comes from the real experiences of Chris Calhoun, a man held in a Florida state mental institution.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Chattahoochee (1989)
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- Ruby McCollum, the African-American woman who shot state senator-elect Dr. C. Leroy Adams in 1952, was also held at Chattahoochee, the Florida hospital the film is set in, and her case helped expose the same practices.
