Strait-Jacket

Strait-Jacket

★ 6.6IMDb Score
Released:1964-01-19
Duration:93 min
Director:William Castle
Actors:Joan Crawford, Diane Baker, Leif Erickson, Howard St. John, John Anthony Hayes
Production:William Castle Productions, Columbia Pictures

Overview:

After a twenty-year stay at an asylum for a double murder, a mother returns to her estranged daughter where suspicions arise about her behavior.

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