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 Productions
	Click a link for more info					Credited	Uncredited	Total
Art Director	J. Elder Wills	55	26 Apr 1900	1970	69	22		22
Assembly Cutter	Henry Richardson	19	13 Jan 1936	31 Jul 2017	81	4	7	11
Ast. Director	Jack Causey	41	1914	1977	63	6	1	7
Based on "The Outsiders"	A.E. Martin	70	1885	1955	70	1		1
Camera Operator	Noel Rowland	48	1907	1996	88	1		1
Conductor	John Hollingsworth	39	20 Mar 1916	29 Dec 1963	47	36	2	38
Continuity	Margery Owens					1		1
Director	Montgomery Tully	51	6 May 1904	10 Oct 1988	84	4		4
Director of Photog.	Walter Harvey BSc	52	9 Feb 1903	1979	75	34		34
Editor	James Needs	35	17 Oct 1919	4 Feb 2003	83	110	1	111
Hairdresser	Jean Bear					1		1
Make-up	H.E. Richmond					1		1
Music Composer	Leonard Salzedo	33	24 Sep 1921	6 May 2000	78	7	1	8
Producer	Anthony Hinds	32	18 Sep 1922	30 Sep 2013	91	84	1	85
Production Manager	T.S. Lyndon-Haynes	42	17 Oct 1912	1972	59	3		3
Recordist	H.C. Pearson	48	17 Aug 1907	May 2002	94	3		3
Screenplay	Richard Landau	41	21 Feb 1914	18 Sep 1993	79	8		8
Uncredited
Boom Operator	Percy Britten	35	1 Oct 1919	1996	76		21	21
Clapper Loader	Ken McPherson						1	1
Focus Puller	Tom Friswell	25	1930	2002	72		18	18
Production Accountant	Lorna Selwyn	47	1908	2002	94	4	1	5

Cast


Character	Actor	Age at Release	Birth	Death	Age	Hammer Productions
	Click a link for more info					Credited	Uncredited	Total
'Pel' Pelham	John Ireland	41	30 Jan 1914	21 Mar 1992	78	1		1
Bella	Valerie Vernon	29	1 Jan 1926	30 Sep 1975	49	1		1
Bertie	Ferdy Mayne	39	11 Mar 1916	30 Jan 1998	81	4		4
Estate Agent	Arthur Howard	45	18 Jan 1910	18 Jun 1995	85	4	1	5
George	Sam Kydd	40	15 Feb 1915	26 Mar 1982	67	7		7
Jenny	Honor Blackman	30	22 Aug 1925	5 Apr 2020	94	3		3
Lindley	Liam Redmond	42	27 Jul 1913	28 Oct 1989	76	1	1	2
Marie Sapolio	Nora Gordon	61	29 Nov 1893	11 May 1970	76	4	1	5
Mickelwitz	Stanley Little	44	24 Oct 1910	2 Jan 2000	89	1		1
Pop Marioni	Arnold Marle	67	15 Sep 1887	21 Feb 1970	82	4		4
Rena Maroni	Tonia Bern	18	15 Nov 1936	14 Jun 2021	84	1		1
Rourke	Sidney Tafler	39	31 Jul 1916	8 Nov 1979	63	3		3
Sapolio	Eric Pohlmann	42	18 Jul 1913	25 Jul 1979	66	7		7
Stanton	Geoffrey Keen	39	21 Aug 1916	3 Nov 2005	89	4		4
Tony Lewis	Sidney James	42	8 May 1913	26 Apr 1976	62	7		7
Uncredited
Cyril	Jack May						3	3
Detective in Tent	Richard Neller	60	1 Oct 1894	14 Jul 1970	75		8	8
Detective Sergeant	Fred Nicholas						2	2
Doctor	Bruce Beeby	33	21 Oct 1921	20 Oct 2013	91	1	1	2
Ivan the Terrible	Bernard Bresslaw	21	25 Feb 1934	11 Jun 1993	59	4	2	6
Man Eating Sandwich	Ian Wilson	54	2 Jul 1901	Dec 1987	86	4	4	8
Man in Queue	Guy Standeven			Oct 1998			7	7
Peter Pelham	Anthony Richmond						1	1
Spectator Outside Cage	Frank Williams	24	2 Jul 1931	26 Jun 2022	90		2	2
Spectator Talking to George	Dennis Wyndham	68	15 Jan 1887	19 Aug 1973	86		1	1
Woman with Child	Dandy Nichols	48	21 May 1907	6 Feb 1986	78		1	1

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.

Uncredited here, Dandy Nichols went on to star as Alf Garnet’s long suffering wife, Else (silly old moo), in BBC TV’s comedy “Till Death us do Part”.

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