Caged
1950 · Movie · 96 min. · United States
Frightened 19-year-old Marie Allen (Eleanor Parker) gets sent to an Illinois penitentiary for being an accomplice in an armed robbery. A sympathetic prison head (Agnes Moorehead) tries to help, but her efforts are subverted by cruel matron Evelyn Harper (Hope Emerson). Marie's harsh experiences turn her from doe-eyed innocent to hard-nosed con.
Direction John Cromwell
Cast Eleanor Parker · Agnes Moorehead · Ellen Corby · Hope Emerson · Betty Garde · Jan Sterling · Lee Patrick · Olive Deering
Soundtrack Max Steiner
Screenplay Virginia Kellogg · Bernard C. Schoenfeld
Cinematography Carl E. Guthrie
Original title Caged
7.3
710 votes (FilmAffinity)
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