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Caged

A gentle, naive, pregnant 19-year-old widow is slowly, inexorably ground down by the hardened criminals, sadistic guards, and matron at a woman's prison. Will she be the same person when her sentence is up?

Director

John Cromwell

Year

Genre

crime, drama, film-noir

Box Office

N/A

Production

Warner Bros. Pictures,Warner Bros. First National

Awards

Nominated for 3 Oscars. 1 win & 5 nominations total

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Marie Allen

Ruth Benton

Agnes Moorehead

Emma Barber

Evelyn Harper

Kitty Stark

Jeta Kovsky - aka Smoochie

Elvira Powell

June Roberts - Inmate

Isolation Matron

Georgia Harrison

Gertrude Michael

Helen

Inmate

Jeffries

Mr. Cooper

Commissioner Sam Walker

Inmate

Inmate

Man in Car

Inmate

Inmate

Claudia Cauldwell

Inmate

Pauline Creasman

Katie 'Cassie' Cassidy

Marjorie Crossland

Matron

Matron

Doctor's Wife

Julie O'Brien - Inmate

Inmate

Inmate

Virginia Engels

Matron

Miss Barker

Inmate

Woman

Mugging Matron

Woman

Frances Henderson

Millie Lewis

Gertrude Hoffman

Sen. Ted Donnolly

Grace

Guard

Matron

Inmate

Inmate

Inmate

Margaret Lambert

Visiting Room Matron

Gracille LaVinder

Inmate

Inmate

Parole Board Chairman

Charles Meredith

Claire Devlin - Inmate

Mrs. Foley

Woman

Prison Guard

Inmate

Inmate

Inmate

Rosemary O'Neil

Inmate

Inmate

Elaine

Hattie

Inmate

Ann

Mrs. Warren - Marie's Mother

Woman

Infirmary Nurse

Inmate

Amzie Strickland

Velma Washington - Inmate

Inmate

Meta

Edna

Inmate

Dr. Ashton

Ada

Woman Visitor

Matron

Lottie

5.0

★★★★★

1 review

Overall

5.0

Story

4.0

Aesthetics

5.0

Acting

5.0

Sound

4.0

1 year ago

★★★★★

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Marie Allen Infirmary Nurse Kitty Stark Evelyn Harper Helen Ruth Benton Emma Barber Woman Visitor Miss Barker Claire Devlin - Inmate Sen. Ted Donnolly Mugging Matron Elvira Powell Inmate

Male 1 Pile out you tramps - Caged

Male 1 Pile out you tramps

Hi Emma Hi - Caged

Line up by twos. - Caged

Line up by twos.

Heard you was falling back in. - Caged

Heard you was falling back in.

Court says you're
married. Legitimate? - Caged

Court says you're married. Legitimate?

Sign this I ll skip the mental test you look normal enough - Caged

Sign this I ll skip the mental test you look normal enough

I hope your batch is cleaner
than the last lot. - Caged

I hope your batch is cleaner than the last lot.

I hope your batch is cleaner than the last lot - Caged

I hope your batch is cleaner than the last lot

No drugs in the ears.
Open your mouth wide. - Caged

No drugs in the ears. Open your mouth wide.

No drugs in the mouth. Teeth sound. - Caged

No drugs in the mouth. Teeth sound.

I I feel a little sick - Caged

I I feel a little sick

That trained seal sure can ask a lot of questions - Caged

That trained seal sure can ask a lot of questions

Can I write a letter to my mother? - Caged

Can I write a letter to my mother?

Rubbing it in because
we're behind the iron. - Caged

Rubbing it in because we're behind the iron.

Heads or tails, you lose. - Caged

Heads or tails, you lose.

Don't be frightened. - Caged

Don't be frightened.

You ll find all kinds of women in here - Caged

You ll find all kinds of women in here

Let s you and me get acquainted honey - Caged

Let s you and me get acquainted honey

Home sweet home - Caged

Home sweet home

Didn't you ever scrub a floor before?
Put your shoulder in it. - Caged

Didn't you ever scrub a floor before? Put your shoulder...

How much time are you pulling - Caged

How much time are you pulling

Got news for you. She's all right. - Caged

Got news for you. She's all right.

Maybe you need bifocals. - Caged

Maybe you need bifocals.

I ll tell Evelyn Evelyn Don t kid me - Caged

I ll tell Evelyn Evelyn Don t kid me

She s a real lady Georgia - Caged

She s a real lady Georgia

I m a tall weed in the grass and the grapevine s blooming - Caged

I m a tall weed in the grass and the grapevine s blooming

- Christiansen, Velma.
- Kopsky, Gita. - Caged

- Christiansen, Velma. - Kopsky, Gita.

You see kid in this cage you get tough or you get killed - Caged

You see kid in this cage you get tough or you get killed

You was a nurse in the free side.
What's the matter with her? - Caged

You was a nurse in the free side. What's the matter wit...

Tomorrow's parole-board day. - Caged

Tomorrow's parole-board day.

Nice work, kid. - Caged

Nice work, kid.

Even after I got out the first time, - Caged

Even after I got out the first time,

They flopped me back. - Caged

They flopped me back.

Quit cheating, you dirty crook. - Caged

Quit cheating, you dirty crook.

You in this pot, June? - Caged

You in this pot, June?

Get a load of the new look. - Caged

Get a load of the new look.

Good night, girls. Pleasant dreams. - Caged

Good night, girls. Pleasant dreams.

Harper! Harper! - Caged

Harper! Harper!

Get a clean blanket. - Caged

Get a clean blanket.

I have a great respect for you You re a fighter - Caged

I have a great respect for you You re a fighter

- Does it say on his birth certificate...
- You got a break. - Caged

- Does it say on his birth certificate... - You got a break.

Your mother's
downstairs in the visiting room. - Caged

Your mother's downstairs in the visiting room.

Don't let it throw you honey You're still a kid - Caged

Don't let it throw you honey You're still a kid

Don t let it throw you honey - Caged

Don t let it throw you honey

Line up, you tramps! This ain't
no upstairs delicatessen. - Caged

Line up, you tramps! This ain't no upstairs delicatesse...

Line up you tramps This ain t no upstairs delicatessen - Caged

Line up you tramps This ain t no upstairs delicatessen

Hey, Foley, wait till
Kitty Stark sees this. - Caged

Hey, Foley, wait till Kitty Stark sees this.

What s so funny - Caged

What s so funny

Someday I'm going to get
my hands in her hair, - Caged

Someday I'm going to get my hands in her hair,

I made it! I made
it! I made my parole! - Caged

I made it! I made it! I made my parole!

Marie, we have to decide - Caged

Marie, we have to decide

What? What? - Caged

At your age, with no favorable
home conditions - Caged

At your age, with no favorable home conditions

Got flopped back.
Tried to do a mope. - Caged

Got flopped back. Tried to do a mope.

What's your name? How'd
you hurt your hand? - Caged

What's your name? How'd you hurt your hand?

Oh, wake up, Lottie.
You're playing a game. - Caged

Oh, wake up, Lottie. You're playing a game.

Spotters would have nabbed you. - Caged

Spotters would have nabbed you.

Evelyn Come on you tramps Line up for Christmas - Caged

Evelyn Come on you tramps Line up for Christmas

Rhinestones are phony. - Caged

Rhinestones are phony.

There's $100 extra in it for you - Caged

There's $100 extra in it for you

- Merry Christmas, girls.
- Merry Christmas! - Caged

- Merry Christmas, girls. - Merry Christmas!

Oh, Ann, where did the
lipsticks come from? - Caged

Oh, Ann, where did the lipsticks come from?

Merry Christmas,
Marie. Why aren't you singing? - Caged

Merry Christmas, Marie. Why aren't you singing?

I know this is a frame, and I got
a rough idea who's back of it. - Caged

I know this is a frame, and I got a rough idea who's ba...

I've been stretching muscles that
haven't been stretched in 30 years. - Caged

I've been stretching muscles that haven't been str...

Look what she's got. - Caged

Look what she's got.

I'll bring my milk from supper. - Caged

I'll bring my milk from supper.

Line up for count! - Caged

Line up for count!

Okay, where is it? - Caged

Okay, where is it?

You know it's against
the rules to have any pets. - Caged

You know it's against the rules to have any pets.

Stop it! Stop it! Stop it! - Caged

Stop it! Stop it! Stop it!

All of you know this is one
of the most serious offenses - Caged

All of you know this is one of the most serious offenses

It's dead. - Caged

My room. - Caged

If Benton ever finds out... - Caged

If Benton ever finds out...

- Marie Allen, three days.
- I'm taking Kitty Stark back. - Caged

- Marie Allen, three days. - I'm taking Kitty Stark bac...

You better have the doctor
see her before Benton does. - Caged

You better have the doctor see her before Benton does.

Those filthy lies! - Caged

Those filthy lies!

Fire me Commissioner I insist on it - Caged

Fire me Commissioner I insist on it

I didn t know what kind of a heel Harper is - Caged

I didn t know what kind of a heel Harper is

Quit shaking the tambourine - Caged

Quit shaking the tambourine

- Wagner, Rita.
- Devlin, Claire. - Caged

- Wagner, Rita. - Devlin, Claire.

Okay, dummy, if you can't hold that
cup, get back to the bullpen. - Caged

Okay, dummy, if you can't hold that cup, get back to th...

Feed your faces and keep your
traps shut if you don't want to get... - Caged

Feed your faces and keep your traps shut if you don't w...

Kill her Kill her Kill her Kill her - Caged

Kill her Kill her Kill her Kill her

Kindly omit flowers - Caged

Kindly omit flowers

Sighs What I d give for a sink full of dirty dishes - Caged

Sighs What I d give for a sink full of dirty dishes

What s she in for - Caged

What s she in for

- Did you make it?
- Yeah. - Caged

- Did you make it? - Yeah.

Marie Allen, checking out. 93850. - Caged

Marie Allen, checking out. 93850.

Caged poster

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A gentle, naive, pregnant 19-year-old widow is slowly, inexorably ground down by the hardened criminals, sadistic guards, and matron at a woman's prison. Will she be the same person when her sentence is up?

User Rating: 5.0 (1 rating)

Director: John Cromwell

Writer: Virginia Kellogg, Bernard C. Schoenfeld

Production: Warner Bros. Pictures,Warner Bros. First National

Genre: crime, drama, film-noir

Year: 1950

MetaScore: N/A/100

ImdbRating: 7.6

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 10 Jun 1950

Awards: Nominated for 3 Oscars. 1 win & 5 nominations total

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