Wednesday, August 24, 2011

Caged (1950)

Eleanor Parker stars as Marie Allen, an innocent young woman who has ended up in prison on the charge of Armed Robbery after helping her now-deceased husband rob $40. Confused and scared, she befriends many of the seasoned inmates including Kitty Stark (Betty Garde), Smoochie (Jan Sterling), and Georgia Harrison (Gertrude Michael). Unfortunately, life is hard at the prison thanks to the evil matron Evelyn Harper (Hope Emerson) who makes life hell for anyone who cannot afford to pay her protection money. Even the kindly administrator Ruth Benton (Agnes Moorehead) has no power to stop the ruthless Evelyn. Marie is desperate to make parole as soon as possible before she turns into a cold criminal like everyone else.

Available: Netflix, Amazon


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