completed movie Secondary GL
Caged (1950)
A single mistake puts a 19-year old girl behind bars, where she experiences the terrors and torments of women in prison.
🏳️🌈 John Cromwell's classic women-in-prison noir masterpiece explicitly incorporates a historic queer layer through Elvira Powell, a commanding inmate who operates as a prominent lesbian cell block boss.
Cast
Eleanor Parker Marie Allen
Agnes Moorehead Ruth Benton
Ellen Corby Emma Barber
Hope Emerson Evelyn Harper
Betty Garde Kitty Stark
Jan Sterling Gita "Smoochie" Kovsky
Lee Patrick Elvira Powell
Olive Deering June Roberts
Jane Darwell Isolation Matron
Gertrude Michael Georgia Harrison
Sheila MacRae Helen
Gertrude Astor Inmate (uncredited)
George Baxter Jeffries (uncredited)
Guy Beach Mr. Cooper (uncredited)
Don Beddoe Commissioner Sam Walker (uncredited)
Gail Bonney Inmate (uncredited)
Lovyss Bradley Inmate (uncredited)
Ralph Brooks Man in a Car (uncredited)
Jean Calhoun Inmate (uncredited)
Claudia Cauldwell Inmate (uncredited)
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