Cage of Evil
Appearance
Cage of Evil | |
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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 |
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 |
Cage of Evil is a low budget 1960 black and white crime film starring Ron Foster and Patricia Blair.[1][2]
Plot
Scott (Ron Foster) is a frustrated police detective constantly being passed over for promotion. When he's assigned to gain the confidence of Holly (Patricia Blair), the girlfriend of a suspect in a robbery, the couple fall in love, 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
Critical reception
TV Guide wrote, "it's not bad for grade-B crime drama." [3]
See also
References
- ^ Foster in Film Los Angeles Times (1923-Current File) [Los Angeles, Calif] 27 July 1960: 24.
- ^ "Cage of Evil". BFI.
- ^ "Cage Of Evil". TVGuide.com.
External links
- Cage of Evil at TCMDB
- Cage of Evil at IMDb