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The Glass Cage (Original title)The Glass Tomb (Alternative title)
Dates: 1954 (Copyright), 29 August 1955 (Release)

Countries: United Kingdom, USA

Directed by: Montgomery Tully

Synopsis: Story of the solving of a circus owner's daughter's murder.

Genre:
Thriller
Releases
Date: 1955Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 59 mins Length: 5324 FeetDialogue (original): English
Date: November 2016Country: United KingdomRelease type: InternetFormat: not specified - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 59 mins Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: BFIPlayer

Credits (21)
©: Exclusive Films, Production Company: Hammer Film Productions, [Production Company]: Lippert Productions, Produced by: Anthony Hinds, Production Manager: T.S. Lyndon-Haynes, Assistant Director: Jack Causey, Continuity: Margery Owens, Screenplay by: Richard Landau, Based on 'The Outsiders' by: A. E. Martin, Director of Photography: Walter J. Harvey, Camera Operator: Noel Rowland, Editor: James Needs, Assembly Cutter: Henry Richardson, Art Director: J. Elder Wills, Make-up: H.E. Richmond, Hairdresser: Jean Bear, Music Composed by: Leonard Salzedo, [Music] Conducted by: John Hollingsworth, Sound Recording: H.C. Pearson, Sound System: RCA Sound System
Cast (20)
John Ireland ('Pel' Pelham), Honor Blackman (Jenny Pelham), Geoffrey Keen (Harry Stanton), Eric Pohlmann (Henri Sapolio), Sidney James (Tony Lewis), Liam Redmond (Inspector Lindley), Sidney Tafler (Rorke), Valerie Vernon (Bella), Arnold Marle (Pop Maroni), Nora Gordon (Marie Sapolio), Sam Kydd (George), Ferdy Mayne (Freddy), Tonia Bern (Rena Maroni), Arthur Howard (estate agent), Stanley Little (Mick), Anthony Richmond ([Peter Pelham]), Ian Wilson ([man eating outside Sapolio's cage]), Dandy Nichols ([woman with child]), Frank Williams ([spectator outside Sapolio's cage]), Bernard Bresslaw (['Ivan the Terrible'])