The Glass Cage – 1955

A Hammer production released by Exclusive Films (UK) and Lippert Films (USA)
Copyright MCMLIV by Exclusive Films Ltd.
RCA Sound Recording
Produced at Bray Studios

Black & White 59 minutes

Storyline

Sapolio is the star of a funfair act called “The Starving Man”. His agent ‘Pel’ Pelham, arranges a new engagement for him and fixes a party to celebrate. But, as the guests gather, a murder is being committed in the flat upstairs. While the police investigate, Sapolio, who has now started his act, is tempted into eating a piece of poisoned ham fat!!!

Crew


Function	Credited	Age at Release	Birth	Death	Age	Hammer Credits
Art Director	J. Elder Wills	54	26 Apr 1900	1970	69	22
Assembly Cutter	Henry Richardson	18	13 Jan 1936	31 Jul 2017	81	4
Assistant Director	Jack Causey	41	1914	1977	63	6
Based on "The Outsiders" by	A.E. Martin					1
Camera Operator	Noel Rowland	48	1907	1996	89	1
Conducted by	John Hollingsworth	38	20 Mar 1916	29 Dec 1963	47	36
Continuity	Margery Owens					1
Directed by	Montgomery Tully	50	6 May 1904	10 Oct 1988	84	4
Director of Photography	Walter Harvey Bsc	51	9 Feb 1903	1979	75	33
Editor	James Needs	35	17 Oct 1919	2003	83	111
Hairdresser	Jean Bear					1
Make-up	H.E. Richmond					1
Music Composed by	Leonard Salzedo	33	24 Sep 1921	6 May 2000	78	7
Produced by	Anthony Hinds	32	18 Sep 1922	30 Sep 2013	91	84
Production Manager	T.S. Lyndon-Haynes	42	17 Oct 1912	1 Jan 1972	59	3
Recordist	H.C. Pearson	47	17 Aug 1907	1 May 2002	94	3
Screenplay by	Richard Landau	40	21 Feb 1914	18 Sep 1993	79	8

Cast


Character	Actor	Age at Release	Birth	Death	Age	Hammer Appearances
'Pel' Pelham	John Ireland	40	30 Jan 1914	21 Mar 1992	78	1
Bella	Valerie Vernon	29	1926	1 Oct 1975	49	1
Bertie	Ferdy Mayne	38	11 Mar 1916	30 Jan 1998	81	4
Estate Agent	Arthur Howard	44	18 Jan 1910	18 Jun 1995	85	4
George	Sam Kydd	39	15 Feb 1915	26 Mar 1982	67	7
Jenny	Honor Blackman	29	22 Aug 1925	5 Apr 2020	94	3
Lindley	Liam Redmond	41	27 May 1913	28 Oct 1989	76	1
Marie Sapolio	Nora Gordon	61	29 Nov 1893	11 May 1976	82	4
Mickelwitz	Stanley Little	44	24 Oct 1910	2 Jan 2000	89	1
Pop Marioni	Arnold Marle	67	15 Sep 1887	21 Feb 1970	82	4
Rena Maroni	Tonia Bern	18	15 Nov 1936	14 Jun 2021	84	1
Rourke	Sidney Tafler	38	31 Jul 1916	8 Nov 1979	63	3
Sapolio	Eric Pohlmann	41	18 Jul 1913	25 Jul 1979	66	7
Stanton	Geoffrey Keen	38	21 Aug 1916	3 Nov 2005	89	4
Tony Lewis	Sidney James	41	8 May 1913	26 Apr 1976	62	7

Production


FILMING BEGAN	1 November 1954
UK RELEASE	29 August 1955
STUDIO	Bray Studios, Down Place, Oakley Green, Berkshire, England

Footnotes

Honor Blackman became famous for her roles as Cathy Gale in ABC TV’s “The Avengers” and as Pussy Galore in the James Bond film “Goldfinger” (1964). She also worked for Hammer in the featurette “Danger List” (1957) and in “To the Devil a Daughter” (1976).
Actress Tonia Bern was married to British world speed breaker Donald Malcolm Campbell until his death in 1967.

Details were complied viewing the actual film.
Source of viewing copy – The Hammer Graveyard Collection