Cage of Evil
Cage of Evil is a low-budget 1960 black and white crime film starring Ron Foster and Patricia Blair.[1][2]
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Directed by | Edward L. Cahn |
Screenplay by | Orville H. Hampton |
Based on | story by Orville H. Hampton and Alexander Richards |
Produced by | Edward Small (executive) Robert E. Kent |
Starring | Ron Foster Patricia Blair Harp McGuire |
Cinematography | Maury Gertsman |
Edited by | Michael Minth (as Michael J. Minth) Grant Whytock |
Music by | Paul Sawtell Bert Shefter |
Production company | Robert E. Kent Productions (as Zenith Pictures) |
Distributed by | United Artists |
Release date | July 1960 (US) |
Running time | 70 mins |
Country | USA |
Language | English |
Plot
Scott Harper is a frustrated police detective who is constantly passed over for promotion. When he is assigned to gain the confidence of Holly, the girlfriend of a robbery suspect, the couple fall in love and then plot to murder Holly's boyfriend and run off to Mexico with the loot.
Cast
- Ronald Foster as Scott Harper
- Patricia Blair as Holly Taylor
- Harp McGuire as Murray Kearns
- John Maxwell as Don Melrose
- Preston Hanson as Tom Colton
- Doug Henderson as Barney
- Hugh Sanders as Martin Bender
- Helen Kleeb as Mrs. Melton
- Robert Shayne as Victor Delmar
- Owen Bush as Sgt. Ray Dean
- Ted Knight as Dan Ivers
- Howard McLeod as Kurt Romack
Reception
In a contemporary review for the New York Daily News, critic Maxine Dowling called Cage of Evil "... a bitter and contrived tale ... It's an uninteresting, slowly paced melodrama that does nothing for anyone concerned, least of all our much maligned police."[3]
TV Guide wrote that "... it's not bad for grade-B crime drama."[4]
See also
References
- "Foster in Film". Los Angeles Times. July 27, 1960. p. 24.
- "Cage of Evil". BFI. Archived from the original on 2012-07-15.
- Dowling, Maxine (1960-06-30). "A Sequel to 'Hercules' on For Brooklyn". Daily News. p. 71.
- "Cage Of Evil". TVGuide.com.
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