Lady in a Cage
1964 · Movie · 94 min · ★ 6.1 · 25% critics
A wealthy woman becomes trapped in her home elevator during a power outage, unable to reach help as her alarm draws the wrong kind of attention. As strangers enter her house and the situation grows more threatening, the film turns into a tense, bleak look at fear, cruelty, and indifference.
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Details
- Years
- 1964
- Release date
- 1964-06-10
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 94 min
- Critic score
- 25/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.1/10 (76 votes)
- Budget
- $500,000
About
You may like this if you enjoy bleak, pulpy classic thrillers about home invasion and social cruelty; Not for you if harsh menace, over-the-top performances, or grim 1960s shocks wear you down.
Pros: claustrophobic suspense; unsettling atmosphere; provocative social edge | Cons: over-the-top acting; heavy-handed message; unresolved threads
Themes
- mansion
- elevator
- hagsploitation
Cast & crew
Olivia de Havilland
as Mrs. Cornelia Hilyard
James Caan
as Randall Simpson O'Connell
Jennifer Billingsley
as Elaine
Rafael Campos
as Essie
William Swan
as Malcolm Cornelius Hilyard
Jeff Corey
as George L. Brady Jr. aka Repent
Ann Sothern
as Sade
- CS
Charles Seel
as Mr. Paul (uncredited)
Scatman Crothers
as Mr. Paul's Assistant (uncredited)
- RN
Ron Nyman
as Neighbor (uncredited)
Directed by Walter Grauman