The Glass Cage (1955)
A Jagged Edge of Violence that Shatters the Screen with Suspense!
A circus barker stages a sensational new act, the world's longest fast undertaken by “Sapolio”, on view in a glass cage. But this act also results in several murders, a kidnapping, and a poisoning!
- Date of release
- 1955-04-15
- TMDB
- 5.6 / 10 (12)
- Runtime
- 59m
- Genres
- Crime
- Director
- Montgomery Tully
Casting
- John Ireland — Pel Pelham
- Honor Blackman — Jenny Pelham
- Geoffrey Keen — Harry Stanton
- Eric Pohlmann — Henri Sapolio
- Sidney James — Tony Lewis
- Liam Redmond — Inspector Lindley
- Tonia Bern — Rena Maroni
- Sydney Tafler — Rorke
- Ferdy Mayne — Bertie
- Valerie Vernon — Bella
- Anthony Richmond — Peter Pelham
- Nora Gordon — Marie Sapolio
Interesting facts
The Glass Cage is a 1955 British second feature mystery film, directed by Montgomery Tully and starring John Ireland, Honor Blackman and Sid James. It was made by Hammer Film Productions. The screenplay was by Richard H. Landau based on the 1945 novel The Outsiders by A. E. Martin. J. Elder Wills was the art director. Filming began on July 19, 1954, and it was trade shown a year later. The film's original working title was supposed to be The Outsiders, but it was changed to The Glass Cage instead.
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