CAGED (1950)

Special Features: 75th Anniversary | Intro by film historian Alan K. Rode on Oct. 17

CAGED is one of the best “women behind bars” movies ever made. Sentenced to prison for her role in a robbery that killed her husband, innocent Marie Allen (Oscar®-nominated Eleanor Parker), undergoes a degrading transformation in the “joint.” Co-writer Virginia Kellogg (T-MEN) went undercover as an inmate in several southern prisons to research the groundbreaking and controversial script. (Note courtesy of Noir City.) DIR John Cromwell, SCR Virgina Kellogg, Bernard C. Schoenfeld, from Kellogg’s article “Women Without Men”; PROD Jerry Wald. U.S., 1950, b&w, 97 min. NOT RATED

Run Time: 97 Minutes

Opening Date: Friday, October 17, 2025

Genre: Film noir

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