The Glass Cage

The Glass Cage

★ 5.6IMDb Score
Released:1955-04-15
Genre:Crime
Duration:59 min
Director:Montgomery Tully
Actors:John Ireland, Honor Blackman, Geoffrey Keen, Eric Pohlmann, Sidney James
Production:Hammer Film Productions, Lippert Films

Overview:

A circus barker stages a sensational new act, the world's longest fast undertaken by “Sapolio”, on view in a glass cage. But this act also results in several murders, a kidnapping, and a poisoning!

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