Product Details

• Actors: Eleanor Parker, Hope Emerson, Agnes Moorehead, Olive Carey, Davison Clark
• Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, DVD, Subtitled, NTSC
• Language: English
• Subtitles: English, French
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Warner Home Video
• DVD Release Date: June 26, 2007
• Run Time: 96 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (31 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000OHZJG4
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #29,658 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Caged!" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

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Genre: Cult
Rating: NR
Release Date: 26-JUN-2007
Media Type: DVD

Customer Reviews

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37 of 37 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars CAGED! The best women's prison picture ever made!, March 23, 2007

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John Malanga "film guy" (Pacifica, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Caged! (DVD)

Caged is a powerful and absorbing drama starring Oscar-nominated Eleanor Parker in the lead role. She delivers a complex and memorable performance as a young, pregnant prison inmate. Her Oscar competition in 1950 was staggering: Gloria Swanson for Sunset Boulevard, Bette Davis and Anne Baxter for All About Eve and the winner, Judy Holliday for Born Yesterday. Agnes Moorehead does an excellent job as a sympathetic but ineffectual warden, but the performance you will never forget goes to Oscar-nominated Hope Emerson, who dominates every one of her scenes as the cruel and sadistic prison matron. Lee Patrick appears as the a wealthy and influential prison inmate lusting for the Eleanor Parker character. Betty Garde, Jan Sterling, Gertrude Michael, Ellen Corby, Olive Deering and Jane Darwell are excellent in supporting roles. This is a memorable film which was shocking in it's time and still delivers a strong punch for today's audiences. I recently viewed the DVD and the picture and sound quality are excellent which adds to the viewing experience.

21 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Come on you tramps, line up for Christmas!, June 21, 2007

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W. Oliver (Alabama) - See all my reviews
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That's just one of the great lines from this fantastic women's prison film made in 1950 that amazingly has never been previously released. Eleanor Parker, giving the performance of her career, stars as Marie Allen, a timid and innocent 19-year old who is sent to prison after being charged as an accomplice in a minor robbery. The brutality of prison life will change her life forever. This is a stark film, both in content and style, with taut dialog and astute observations about harsh prison conditions, corrupt government officials and the emotional turmoil of people put in such situations. In addition to Parker, every performance is a stand-out. Hope Emerson is unforgettable as the evil prison matron, Betty Garde as an inmate who befriends and tries to protect Marie and Lee Patrick as Elvira Powell, an inmate with powerful outside connections all will leave an indelible memory for viewers. Even the bit parts are memorable - the wonderful Gertrude Hoffman, as older inmate Millie who sadly says, "I'm a tall weed in the grass and the grapevines bloomin', what I'd give for a sinkful of dirty dishes."

I've seen this film numerous times and every time I watch it I catch a line that I missed before. It is a film that holds up and a film that you won't soon forget.

20 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars It's about time!, June 12, 2007

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A. M. Smith (RICHMOND, VA United States) - See all my reviews
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I first saw this film on the "late-late show" when I was 13 and it has stayed with me since (I'm 56 now). Along with "The Snake Pit" (set in a mental institution) it set the standard for so many "incarcerated women" films to follow, as well as for numerous parodies (most notably, the stage produciton, "Women Behind Bars." which featured Divine as the sadistic matron). For decades I've wondered why it has not been made available in video format. Better late than never. While there is certain camp aspect to it (broadly-drawn characters, some over-the-top acting), I agree that it should not be labeled a "camp classic." It's a classic, no modifier needed.