The Chinese Room is a 1966 Mexican mystery and melodrama film directed by the American filmmaker Albert Zugsmith. It starred Guillermo Murray, Elizabeth Campbell, Carlos Rivas, and Cathy Crosby.
The film revolves around a doctor (Murray) "who uses unorthodox methods to cure a drug-addicted family".
It was based on a novel by Vivien Connell.
According to Cathy Crosby, she became ill during the filming and had to swim to shore from the boat they were rehearsing on.
The film was described as a "mixture of melodrama , mystery and horror around various situations related to adultery and crime" . It was called "appalling rubbish" by Emilio Garcia Riera in his Brief History of Mexican Film.