Schoolteacher and family man Ed Avery, who's been suffering bouts of severe pain and even blackouts, is hospitalized with what's diagnosed as a rare inflammation of the arteries. Told by doctors that he probably has only months to live, Ed agrees to an experimental treatment: doses of the hormone cortisone. Ed makes a remarkable recovery, and returns home to his wife, Lou, and their son, Richie. He must keep taking cortisone tablets regularly to prevent a recurrence of his illness. But the "miracle" cure turns into its own nightmare as Ed starts to abuse the tablets, causing him to experience increasingly wild mood swings.

Starring:

Alex Frazer, Barbara Rush, Bill Jones, Christopher Olsen, Colin Kenny, Eugenia Paul, Fred Dale, George Chester, Gus Schilling, Hal Taggart, Harold Bostwick, James Mason, Jerry Mathers, John Monaghan, Joseph Mell, Kipp Hamilton, Lewis Charles, Mary Carver, Mary Margaret Robinson, Natalie Masters, Portland Mason, Rachel Stephens, Renny McEvoy, Richard Col

Genre:

Drama