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Caged

- The Story of a Women's Prison today

A single mistake puts a 19-year old girl behind bars, where she experiences the terrors and torments of women in prison.

Release Date : 1950-05-19

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Warner Bros. PicturesWarner Bros. First National

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Eleanor Parker

Character Name : Marie Allen

Original Name : Eleanor Parker

Gender : Female

Agnes Moorehead

Character Name : Ruth Benton

Original Name : Agnes Moorehead

Gender : Female

Ellen Corby

Character Name : Emma Barber

Original Name : Ellen Corby

Gender : Female

Hope Emerson

Character Name : Evelyn Harper

Original Name : Hope Emerson

Gender : Female

Betty Garde

Character Name : Kitty Stark

Original Name : Betty Garde

Gender : Female

Jan Sterling

Character Name : Jeta "Smoochie" Kovsky

Original Name : Jan Sterling

Gender : Female

Lee Patrick

Character Name : Elvira Powell

Original Name : Lee Patrick

Gender : Female

Olive Deering

Character Name : June Roberts

Original Name : Olive Deering

Gender : Female

Jane Darwell

Character Name : Isolation Matron

Original Name : Jane Darwell

Gender : Female

Gertrude Michael

Character Name : Georgia Harrison

Original Name : Gertrude Michael

Gender : Female

Sheila MacRae

Character Name : Helen

Original Name : Sheila MacRae

Gender : Female

Gertrude Astor

Character Name : Inmate (uncredited)

Original Name : Gertrude Astor

Gender : Female

George Baxter

Character Name : Jeffries (uncredited)

Original Name : George Baxter

Gender : Male

Guy Beach

Character Name : Mr. Cooper (uncredited)

Original Name : Guy Beach

Gender : Male

Don Beddoe

Character Name : Commissioner Sam Walker (uncredited)

Original Name : Don Beddoe

Gender : Male

Gail Bonney

Character Name : Inmate (uncredited)

Original Name : Gail Bonney

Gender : Female

Lovyss Bradley

Character Name : Inmate (uncredited)

Original Name : Lovyss Bradley

Gender : Female

Ralph Brooks

Character Name : Man in a Car (uncredited)

Original Name : Ralph Brooks

Gender : Male

Jean Calhoun

Character Name : Inmate (uncredited)

Original Name : Jean Calhoun

Gender : Female

Claudia Cauldwell

Character Name : Inmate (uncredited)

Original Name : Claudia Cauldwell

Gender : Male

Pauline Creasman

Character Name : Inmate (uncredited)

Original Name : Pauline Creasman

Gender : Male

Marjorie Crossland

Character Name : Katie "Cassie" Cassidy (uncredited)

Original Name : Marjorie Crossland

Gender : Female

Jane Crowley

Character Name : Matron (uncredited)

Original Name : Jane Crowley

Gender : Female

Evelyn Dockson

Character Name : Matron (uncredited)

Original Name : Evelyn Dockson

Gender : Male

Pauline Drake

Character Name : Doctor's Wife (uncredited)

Original Name : Pauline Drake

Gender : Male

Marlo Dwyer

Character Name : Julie O'Brien (uncredited)

Original Name : Marlo Dwyer

Gender : Female

Helen Eby-Rock

Character Name : Inmate (uncredited)

Original Name : Helen Eby-Rock

Gender : Female

Virginia Engels

Character Name : Inmate (uncredited)

Original Name : Virginia Engels

Gender : Male

Barbara Esback

Character Name : Matron (uncredited)

Original Name : Barbara Esback

Gender : Male

Edith Evanson

Character Name : Miss Barker (uncredited)

Original Name : Edith Evanson

Gender : Female

Helen Gereghty

Character Name : Inmate (uncredited)

Original Name : Helen Gereghty

Gender : Male

Grayce Hampton

Character Name : Woman (uncredited)

Original Name : Grayce Hampton

Gender : Female

Grace Hayes

Character Name : Mugging Matron (uncredited)

Original Name : Grace Hayes

Gender : Female

Frances Henderson

Character Name : Woman (uncredited)

Original Name : Frances Henderson

Gender : Male

Gertrude Hoffmann

Character Name : Millie Lewis (uncredited)

Original Name : Gertrude Hoffmann

Gender : Female

Taylor Holmes

Character Name : Sen. Ted Donnolly (uncredited)

Original Name : Taylor Holmes

Gender : Male

Esther Howard

Character Name : Grace (uncredited)

Original Name : Esther Howard

Gender : Female

Bill Hunter

Character Name : Guard (uncredited)

Original Name : Bill Hunter

Gender : Male

Hazel Keener

Character Name : Matron (uncredited)

Original Name : Hazel Keener

Gender : Female

Doris Kemper

Character Name : Inmate (uncredited)

Original Name : Doris Kemper

Gender : Female

Ann Kunde

Character Name : Inmate (uncredited)

Original Name : Ann Kunde

Gender : Female

Margaret Lambert

Character Name : Inmate (uncredited)

Original Name : Margaret Lambert

Gender : Male

Gracille LaVinder

Character Name : Visiting Room Matron (uncredited)

Original Name : Gracille LaVinder

Gender : Female

Marie Melesh

Character Name : Inmate (uncredited)

Original Name : Marie Melesh

Gender : Male

Tina Menard

Character Name : Inmate (uncredited)

Original Name : Tina Menard

Gender : Female

Charles Meredith

Character Name : Parole Board Chairman (uncredited)

Original Name : Charles Meredith

Gender : Male

Joan Miller

Character Name : Claire Devlin (uncredited)

Original Name : Joan Miller

Gender : Female

Frances Morris

Character Name : Mrs. Foley (uncredited)

Original Name : Frances Morris

Gender : Female

Helen Mowery

Character Name : Woman (uncredited)

Original Name : Helen Mowery

Gender : Female

Zon Murray

Character Name : Prison Guard (voice) (uncredited)

Original Name : Zon Murray

Gender : Male

Eva Nelson

Character Name : Inmate (uncredited)

Original Name : Eva Nelson

Gender : Female

Joyce Newhard

Character Name : Inmate (uncredited)

Original Name : Joyce Newhard

Gender : Male

Rosemary O'Neil

Character Name : Inmate (uncredited)

Original Name : Rosemary O'Neil

Gender : Male

Ezelle Poule

Character Name : Inmate (uncredited)

Original Name : Ezelle Poule

Gender : Female

Yvonne Rob

Character Name : Elaine (uncredited)

Original Name : Yvonne Rob

Gender : Male

Naomi Robison

Character Name : Hattie (uncredited)

Original Name : Naomi Robison

Gender : Male

Carole Shannon

Character Name : Inmate (uncredited)

Original Name : Carole Shannon

Gender : Male

Lynn Sherman

Character Name : Ann (uncredited)

Original Name : Lynn Sherman

Gender : Male

Queenie Smith

Character Name : Marie's Mother (uncredited)

Original Name : Queenie Smith

Gender : Female

Helen Spring

Character Name : Woman (uncredited)

Original Name : Helen Spring

Gender : Female

Eileen Stevens

Character Name : Infirmary Nurse (uncredited)

Original Name : Eileen Stevens

Gender : Female

Amzie Strickland

Character Name : Inmate (uncredited)

Original Name : Amzie Strickland

Gender : Female

Sheila Stuart

Character Name : Velma Washington (uncredited)

Original Name : Sheila Stuart

Gender : Male

Nita Talbot

Character Name : Inmate (uncredited)

Original Name : Nita Talbot

Gender : Female

Wanda Tynan

Character Name : Meta (uncredited)

Original Name : Wanda Tynan

Gender : Male

Ann Tyrrell

Character Name : Edna (uncredited)

Original Name : Ann Tyrrell

Gender : Female

Gladys Varden

Character Name : Inmate (uncredited)

Original Name : Gladys Varden

Gender : Male

Glen Walters

Character Name : Inmate (uncredited)

Original Name : Glen Walters

Gender : Female

Harlan Warde

Character Name : Dr. Ashton (uncredited)

Original Name : Harlan Warde

Gender : Male

June Whipple

Character Name : Ada (uncredited)

Original Name : June Whipple

Gender : Male

Doris Whitney

Character Name : Woman Visitor (uncredited)

Original Name : Doris Whitney

Gender : Male

Marjorie Wood

Character Name : Matron (uncredited)

Original Name : Marjorie Wood

Gender : Female

Peggy Wynne

Character Name : Lottie (uncredited)

Original Name : Peggy Wynne

Gender : Male

Reviews

J

John Chard

@John Chard

2024-05-16

Prisoner 93850 Caged is directed by John Cromwell and adapted by Virginia Kellogg from her own story Women Without men that was co-written with Bernard C. Schoenfeld. It stars Eleanor Parker, Agnes Moorehead, Ellen Corby, Betty Garde and Hope Emerson. Music is by Max Steiner and cinematography by Carl E. Guthrie. Teenager Marie Allen (Parker) is sent to a women’s prison after being found guilty of being an accomplice in a robbery, a robbery that saw her husband killed. She’s also pregnant and will have to have the child in the prison. Struggling to come to terms with her incarceration and the tough regime overseen by brutish warden Harper (Emerson), Marie comes to realise that she may have to go through a major character transformation to survive. Unfairly tagged as camp and sounding on synopsis like what would become a cheese laden staple of women’s prison movies, Caged is actually rather powerful film making. The deconstruction and subsequent transformation of a young woman who clearly doesn’t belong behind those walls, is bleakly told. The prison is a foreboding place, the lady character’s reactions to their surroundings and way of life are emotionally charged. Frank in its portrayal of prison life back then, but sly with its insinuations of sexual proclivities and criminal doings on the inside, the writing has a crafty edge most befitting the sombre tone that pervades the picture. Parker leads off the list of great performances to bring the drama to life, and with Guthrie’s black and white photography superbly emphasising claustrophobia and pungent emotional turmoil, it rounds out as a thoroughly gripping piece of film. With an ending that’s appropriately biting as well. 7.5/10