Caged
- Sat, Jun 14
Director: John Cromwell Run Time: 96 min. Format: 35mm Film Release Year: 1950
Starring: Agnes Moorehead, Betty Garde, Eleanor Parker, Ellen Corby, Hope Emerson
Special Introduction by Foster Hirsch!
The best “women behind bars” movie 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.” Writer Virginia Kellogg (T‑Men) went undercover as an inmate in several southern prisons to research the groundbreaking and controversial script.
Double Feature with THE NARROW MARGIN
This program is funded in part by The Brattle’s 35mm Film Fund. Donations to this fund maintain our film projection equipment, train future projectionists, and ensure that The Brattle will be able to continue 35mm screenings well into the future.