Cage of Gold (Original title)
Dates: 1950 (Copyright), 23 October 1950 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirector: Basil Dearden
Synopsis: Judith Moray deserts her prospective fiance for an old flame who marries her, then leaves her pregnant when he discovers that her father can offer him no financial support. Two years later, when she has married her former fiance, believing her husband to be dead, he reappears and begins to blackmail her.
Genre: Drama
Releases
Date: 23 October 1950Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 83 mins Length: 7434 FeetDialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: General Film Distributors
Date: 18 January 1952Country: USARelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 83 mins Dialogue (original): English
Title: [Motion Picture Herald - v186 n5 2 Feb 1952: no known title]Language: English
In: Today's Cinema v75 n6076 7 Sep 1950
Title: [Today's Cinema - v75 n6076 7 Sep 1950: no known title]Language: English
In: Variety 4 Oct 1950 Page: 22
Title: [Variety - 4 Oct 1950: no known title]Language: English
In: Monthly Film Bulletin v17 n201 October 1950 Page: 148
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v17 n201 October 1950: no known title]Language: English
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(5)
Accessible materials to view(1)
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 7432 FeetStock date: 1980BFI identifier: C-26864
Status: Viewing - Viewing experience and projection may be compromised by condition of film print (servicing required)
Digital materials(1)
Description: WAVUncompressed - BFI identifier: N-9954544
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved digital file
Film materials(4)
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 7432 FeetStock date: 1980BFI identifier: C-26864
Status: Viewing - Viewing experience and projection may be compromised by condition of film print (servicing required)
Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: SafetySound: Combined as MuteLength: 10.0721 FeetStock date: 1969BFI identifier: C-26862
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: SafetySound: SoundLength: 10.0723 FeetStock date: 1964BFI identifier: C-26863
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Duplicating PositiveBase: NitrateSound: CombinedLength: 7442 FeetStock date: 1950BFI identifier: C-26865
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Dates: 1950 (Copyright), 23 October 1950 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirector: Basil Dearden
Synopsis: Judith Moray deserts her prospective fiance for an old flame who marries her, then leaves her pregnant when he discovers that her father can offer him no financial support. Two years later, when she has married her former fiance, believing her husband to be dead, he reappears and begins to blackmail her.
Genre: Drama
Releases
Date: 23 October 1950Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 83 mins Length: 7434 FeetDialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: General Film Distributors
Date: 18 January 1952Country: USARelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 83 mins Dialogue (original): English
Credits
(46)
An Ealing Studios Production: Ealing Studios, Presents: The J. Arthur Rank Organisation, Produced by: Michael Balcon, Associate Producer: Michael Relph, Unit Production Manager: Ralph D. Hogg, Production Supervisor: Hal Mason, Assistant Director: Harry Kratz, Assistant Director: John Meadows, 2nd Assistant Director: John Assig, Continuity: Jean Graham, Assistant Continuity: Felicia Manheim, Screenplay: Jack Whittingham, From an original story by: Jack Whittingham, Paul L. Stein, Director of Photography: Douglas Slocombe, Camera Operator: Chic Waterson, Focus Puller: Herbert Smith, Clapper Loader: Ken Westbury, Stills Supervisor: Jack Dooley, Stills: Bob Penn, Special Effects: Sydney Pierson, Special Processes: Geoffrey Dickinson, Editor: Peter Tanner, Assistant Editor: Gordon Stone, 2nd Assistant Editor: Roy Baker, Designer: Michael Relph, Art Director: Jim Morahan, Assistant Art Director: Len Wills, Set Dresser: Andrew Low, Costume Designer: Anthony Mendleson, Wardrobe Master: Ernest Farrar, Wardrobe Mistress: Lily Payne, Wardrobe Assistant: Ron Beck, Make-up: Ernest Taylor, Make-up: Harry Frampton, Assistant Make-up: Harry Wilton, Hairdressing: Barbara Barnard, Assistant Hairdresser: Daphne Martin, Incidental Music by: Georges Auric, Music Performed by: The Philharmonia Orchestra, Music Directed by: Ernest Irving, Sound Supervisor: Stephen Dalby, Recordist: Arthur Bradburn, Boom Operator: Cyril Swern, Sound System: RCA Sound System
Cast
(28)
Jean Simmons (Judith Moray), David Farrar (William 'Bill' Glennon), James Donald (Dr Alan Kearn), Herbert Lom (Rahman), Bernard Lee (Inspector Grey), Harcourt Williams (Dr Kearn), Maria Mauban (Antoinette Duport), Grégoire Aslan (Duport), Gladys Henson (Waddy), Madeleine Lebeau (Marie Jouvet), Léo Ferré (Victor), George Benson (assistant registrar), Martin Boddey (Sgt Adams), Arthur Hambling (Jenkins), Campbell Singer (a policeman), Guy Verney (George), Sam Kydd (waiter), Anthony Britten (Nicky), Michael Balfour, Sonny Millar, Guy Kingsley-Poynter (American soldier), Frank Royde (superintendent registrar), Jacqueline Charles (nightclub attendant), Arthur Howard (thin man), Ann Lancaster, Arthur Lowe (short man), Doris Yorke, Janice Kane
Articles held in BFI Reuben Library
(4)
In: Motion Picture Herald v186 n5 2 Feb 1952 Page: 1222Title: [Motion Picture Herald - v186 n5 2 Feb 1952: no known title]Language: English
In: Today's Cinema v75 n6076 7 Sep 1950
Title: [Today's Cinema - v75 n6076 7 Sep 1950: no known title]Language: English
In: Variety 4 Oct 1950 Page: 22
Title: [Variety - 4 Oct 1950: no known title]Language: English
In: Monthly Film Bulletin v17 n201 October 1950 Page: 148
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v17 n201 October 1950: no known title]Language: English
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(5)
Accessible materials to view(1)
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 7432 FeetStock date: 1980BFI identifier: C-26864
Status: Viewing - Viewing experience and projection may be compromised by condition of film print (servicing required)
Digital materials(1)
Description: WAVUncompressed - BFI identifier: N-9954544
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved digital file
Film materials(4)
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 7432 FeetStock date: 1980BFI identifier: C-26864
Status: Viewing - Viewing experience and projection may be compromised by condition of film print (servicing required)
Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: SafetySound: Combined as MuteLength: 10.0721 FeetStock date: 1969BFI identifier: C-26862
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: SafetySound: SoundLength: 10.0723 FeetStock date: 1964BFI identifier: C-26863
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Duplicating PositiveBase: NitrateSound: CombinedLength: 7442 FeetStock date: 1950BFI identifier: C-26865
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film