The Stanford Prison Experiment

Storyline

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.

Principal Cast

Billy Crudup

Dr. Philip Zimbardo

Michael Angarano

Christopher Archer

Ezra Miller

Daniel Culp / Prisoner 8612

Tye Sheridan

Peter Mitchell / Prisoner 819

Olivia Thirlby

Dr. Christina Maslach

Nelsan Ellis

Jesse Fletcher

Moisés Arias

Anthony Carroll

Nicholas Braun

Karl Vandy

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