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<blockquote data-quote="ClassyCo" data-source="post: 331216" data-attributes="member: 7">I watched LADY IN A CAGE sometime ago when it was available for streaming on Hulu (it might still be there, but I haven&#039;t looked). As indifferent as I can be towards Olivia, I thought her performance was solid and I liked the &quot;novelty&quot; of her being trapped inside a small in-house elevator. James Caan, as I&#039;ve said, was also good in the movie, and so was the hopelessly underrated Ann Sothern. One wonders why Sothern wasn&#039;t lured back to do more of these hagsploitation-type vehicles. Perhaps she was still too glamorous to have a lead in the genre, though I could easily picture her playing some former glamour puss whose life has fallen to pieces around her. But isn&#039;t that what most of these movies are about anyway? LADY IN A CAGE is a decent movie, probably in my Top 5 favorites within the Grande Dame Guignol sub-genre (considering the ones I&#039;ve seen so far). I&#039;d agree that it does get a little long-winded. A good 25 minutes or better could&#039;ve been shaved off the run-time, and the impact might&#039;ve been a little stronger. Still, the performances are quite good, especially considering what the script requires. [ATTACH=full]39032[/ATTACH]He was producing a lot of horror films for Vincent Price in the early-&#039;60s, so I&#039;m sure he&#039;d do Grande Dame Guignol correctly. It would&#039;ve been great had it at least given it a shot.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="ClassyCo, post: 331216, member: 7"] I watched LADY IN A CAGE sometime ago when it was available for streaming on Hulu (it might still be there, but I haven't looked). As indifferent as I can be towards Olivia, I thought her performance was solid and I liked the "novelty" of her being trapped inside a small in-house elevator. James Caan, as I've said, was also good in the movie, and so was the hopelessly underrated Ann Sothern. One wonders why Sothern wasn't lured back to do more of these hagsploitation-type vehicles. Perhaps she was still too glamorous to have a lead in the genre, though I could easily picture her playing some former glamour puss whose life has fallen to pieces around her. But isn't that what most of these movies are about anyway? LADY IN A CAGE is a decent movie, probably in my Top 5 favorites within the Grande Dame Guignol sub-genre (considering the ones I've seen so far). I'd agree that it does get a little long-winded. A good 25 minutes or better could've been shaved off the run-time, and the impact might've been a little stronger. Still, the performances are quite good, especially considering what the script requires. [ATTACH type="full"]39032[/ATTACH] He was producing a lot of horror films for Vincent Price in the early-'60s, so I'm sure he'd do Grande Dame Guignol correctly. It would've been great had it at least given it a shot. [/QUOTE]

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