Strait-Jacket
by William Castle
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Actor: Diane Baker, Howard St. John, Joan Crawford, John Anthony Hayes, Leif EricksonDirector: William Castle
Brand: Sony
Cinematographer: Arthur E. Arling
Producer: William Castle
Editor: Edwin H. Bryant
Producer: Dona Holloway
Writer: Robert Bloch
DVD: Region Code 99
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); Portuguese (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled)
Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, DVD-Video, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 93 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2002-03-12
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: Sony Pictures
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Summary: 2 Stars
Low budget, B-grade slasher flick complete with cheesy special effects, heads-a-rolling, a transparent inplausible plot, and lots of screaming. At the end of Crawford's career she was clearly taking roles that she normally would not have bothered with, so even though many people rated this film highly, I think it's sad to see her in a movie like this, even though her performance is gutsy and interesting to watch. It's also pretty neat to see actors so early in their careers, like Lee Majors and George Kennedy. Best scene in the film: when the shrink from the asylum drops by for a visit and Crawford spontaneously lights a match on the turntable WHILE the record is playing (it reminds me of when Jack Lemmon strikes the match on his teeth in The Great Race). Not many actors could pull that off on camera, and it was perfectly in keeping with the character she was portraying. Sad to see her so deep in B-movie material such as this, especially when you compare it to her other great films like The Women, the 1927 silent movie with Lon Chaney called The Unknown, and Sudden Fear, but her performance here is certainly worth taking a look at, especially fans of Castle and Crawford or just of this movie genre.
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Studio: Sony Pictures Home Ent Release Date: 05/13/2008 Run time: 93 minutes Rating: NrPoor Joan Crawford just can't get a break. She hacks her husband to pieces and is sent away to a mental hospital; then after she comes back and tries to adjust to a normal life, there's more ax-swinging and more noggins rolling. Her pretty sculptress daughter (Diane Baker) just wants Mom to return to society and a happy, well-adjusted life... or does she? The plot is a little trite and predictable, the direction a bit staid, but it's all Joan's show anyway. Obviously director William Castle told her to play up her character's insanity, and Crawford turns the knob on the acting meter up to 10, then breaks it off and throws it away. She spectacularly mugs her way through the whole film, abruptly changing from severe schoolmarm to trampy vamp and back again several times. The scene where Mom meets her daughter's fianc?e for the first time is particularly memorable; Mom guzzles half an iced-tea glass full of bourbon, then crawls all over the boyfriend while the viewer squirms uncomfortably. Back in '64, lucky moviegoers were given little cardboard axes when this feature made its run in the theaters. Sadly, the cardboard axes are long gone, but this is still highly recommended for fans of Crawford, Castle, and high-powered thespianism in general. --Jerry Renshaw
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