Lady in a Cage

Lady in a Cage
by Walter Grauman

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Actor: Ann Sothern, James Caan, Jeff Corey, Jennifer Billingsley, Olivia de Havilland
Director: Walter Grauman
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; English (Subtitled)
Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.78:1
Running Time: 94 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2005-03-29
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Paramount

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Movie Review: "A Movie Way Before Its Time!"
Summary: 5 Stars

After the success of "Whatever Happened to baby Jane?" movie studios were falling over themselves to find a film similar in story and acting content. Suddenly it was in for films to feature former movie stars in situations of peril, as both Joan Crawford and Bette Davis, stars of "Baby Jane...", proved bankable at the boxoffice. The most successful and best film in the "older lady" genre that came out after "Baby Jane" was "Lady in a Cage" starring Olivia DeHavilland who plays an older woman trapped in her elevator, a cage if you will, on a hot summer day. Her performance is excellent as Olivia expresses the pain her character faces while being trapped in a human coffin. Her nightmare is just beginning, as a homeless man and former prostitute break into her home and try to steal her possessions. Just when we think things couldn't get any worse for the DeHavilland character, three more thugs come into her house, shattering the older woman's life and belongings to shreads. The violence and the graphic scenes are extremely well depicted, and it is hard to believe a movie like this was actually made in the early '60's. The film explores the human need for material things, and its ultimate destruction of those people who prove so greedy.
I came across this film on-line one night and watched it on Youtube and couldn't belive how great it was. The writing and direction by Luther Davis is first-rate, and the acting ensemble is the best Hollywood has to offer. Olivia is superb, and look for a very sexual and young James Caan, from "Misery" and "The Godfather", who plays Randall, the mastermind behind the animal orgy! Ann Southern has a supporting role as the hooker, and acting teacher Jeff Corey, who trained Cher, plays the wino.
Joan Crawford was the original choice to play the DeHavilland role, but turned it down reasoning that she had already played a character whose life was in danger at the hands of others in "Baby Jane". "Lady In A Cage" marks the second time in movie history that Olivia DeHavilland took over a role from Miss Crawford, with the other being Miriam in "Hush, Hush...Sweet Charlotte".
The "Lady In A Cage" DVD is now out-of-print and is very hard to find, but the high cost that sellers are asking for it is worth it. If you see a copy anywhere I would suggest in grabbing it: movies like this are not made anymore. The DVD is pretty much barebones with no extras, but the film is cleaned from its original print, comes in widescreen, and english subtitles are included.

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Summary of Lady in a Cage

Destroying her well-oriented world, the elevator, nine feet from the floor, becomes a torture chamber--a cage. Unable to escape, her situation becomes desperate when the emergency alarm attracts a drunken derelict (James Caan) and his boozy prostitute friend, both bent on robbery

In Lady in a Cage, Olivia de Havilland plays an aging, wealthy widow who is recuperating from a recent hip operation and is forced to use an elevator to get from one story of her home to the other. While she's headed for the upper story of the house, a power failure occurs that leaves her stranded in the elevator car 12 feet off the ground. The elevator's alarm bell arouses the curiosity of a passing wino, who comes in and helps himself to the widow's wine cellar. The transient and a friend begin looting the house until they are one-upped by a trio of feral, neobeatnik thugs (led by a very young James Caan). All the invaders merely ignore the widow's pleas for help as they toss her house in an orgy of violence. The thugs torture and kill the wino and hold his friend hostage along with the widow, until the tables are turned on them once again. For 1964, this is a surprisingly harsh and overwrought movie, easily 10 or 15 years ahead of its time; its nasty view of human nature and graphic violence led to its being banned in Britain entirely. James Caan, in his second movie role, is chillingly convincing as the pack leader whose violent streak comes as casually as, say, tying his shoelaces. Fans of Paul Schrader, Scorsese, or Tarantino films should especially take notice: Lady in a Cage is a nerve-racking viewing experience, one that still packs a noxious punch, with an ending that's a real jaw-dropper. --Jerry Renshaw

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