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: CRAWFORD,JOAN
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, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 93 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2002-03-12
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: Sony Pictures
Movie Reviews of Strait-Jacket
Movie Review: Crazy Crawford Cracks!
Summary: 5 Stars
One of Joan's best films of her golden years. She revisits the inner being she found for her roll in 1947's masterpiece "Possessed" and gives it a new demention in this brilliant, underplayed performance.
Summary of Strait-Jacket
A woman, recently released after twenty years in a mental institution for a double ax murder, is the main suspect when a rash of ax murders begins.Genre: Horror
Rating: UN
Release Date: 12-MAR-2002
Media Type: DVD
Poor 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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