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Lady in a Cage ()

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A woman trapped in a home elevator is terrorized by a group of vicious hoodlums.
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Cornelia Hilyard
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Randall Simpson O'Connell
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Elaine
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Essie
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Malcolm Hilyard
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George L. Brady Jr.
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Sade
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Mr. Paul's Assistant (uncredited)
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Neighbor (uncredited)
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Mr. Paul (uncredited)

Directed by

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Walter Grauman

Written by

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Luther Davis ... (written by)

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Luther Davis ... producer

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Paul Glass

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Lee Garmes ... director of photography

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Leon Barsha

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Lynn Stalmaster ... (uncredited)

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Rudolph Sternad

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Hal Pereira
Rudolph Sternad ... (as Rudolph Sternard)

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Sam Comer
Joseph Kish

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Edith Head ... (uncredited)

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Nellie Manley ... hair style supervisor (as Nelly Manley)
Wally Westmore ... makeup supervisor

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Howard P. Alston ... assistant director (as Howard Alston)

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Frank McWhorter ... sound recordist
John Wilkinson ... sound recordist
Howard Beals ... sound editor (uncredited)
Bob Simpson ... sound (uncredited)

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Paul K. Lerpae ... special photographic effects (as Paul K Lerpae)

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Eddie Garvin ... camera operator (uncredited)

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Joan Joseff ... costume jeweller (uncredited)

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Paul Glass ... conductor
Frank Flynn ... musician: drums (uncredited)
Norman Herzburg ... musician: bassoon (uncredited)
Pearl Kaufman ... musician: piano (uncredited)
Raphael Kramer ... musician: cello (uncredited)
Mitchell Lurie ... musician: clarinet (uncredited)
Meyer Rubin ... musician: bass (uncredited)
Lou Singer ... musician: drums (uncredited)
Henri Temianka ... musician: violin (uncredited)
Lloyd Ulyate ... musician: trombone (uncredited)
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Plot Summary

Recuperating from a broken hip sustained four months ago, wealthy Cornelia Hilyard had a portable elevator installed temporarily in the home she shares with her thirty year old single son, Malcolm Hilyard. Shortly after Malcolm leaves for the extended July 4th weekend during a summer heatwave, Cornelia gets trapped in the elevator when a short circuit occurs, the front grated elevator car hovering approximately ten feet above her living room foyer, she only having access to those few items she brought into the elevator with her: beyond those items on her person, a book, a transistor radio, her cane and a vase containing a single flower. All her efforts to get out using the elevator's emergency functions only attract the wrong elements as two associated but disparate groups break into her house initially with the sole purpose of robbing her of everything, they able to do so partly in being able to conduct their business out of her view. In the process, none of the five people involved seem to care about her whatsoever. Things change when one of the five, Randall Simpson O'Connell, the leader of the group of younger thugs, he who has spent most of his formative years in a reformatory, decides that in addition he wants to commit murder, including of Cornelia. If Cornelia is able to survive in the short term, the nature of the situation may further change due to something that Malcolm had left for her just before he left. Written by Huggo

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Taglines What happens in this elevator is not for the weak! See more »
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Also Known As
  • Une femme dans une cage (France)
  • Una mujer atrapada (Spain)
  • A Dama Enjaulada (Brazil)
  • Жена в клетка (Burkina Faso)
  • Nainen häkissä (Finland)
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  • 94 min
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Budget $500,000 (estimated)

Did You Know?

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Trivia First of two pictures in a row in which Olivia de Havilland stepped into a role originally announced for Joan Crawford. She also replaced Crawford in Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964). See more »
Goofs The battery for the alarm is shown as it runs down; but later in the movie the battery works like new. See more »
Movie Connections Featured in What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael (2018). See more »
Crazy Credits The opening Paramount logo is done in vertical stripes to reflect the cage motif. See more »
Quotes Cornelia Hilyard: You're one of the many bits of offal produced by the welfare state. You're what so much of my tax dollars goes to the care and feeding of!
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