The Glass Cage

The Glass Cage

A Jagged Edge of Violence that Shatters the Screen with Suspense!

NR 1955 · 59 min · ★ 5.6 · Crime

A circus barker stages a sensational new act, the world's longest fast undertaken by “Sapolio”, on view in a glass cage. But this act also results in several murders, a kidnapping, and a poisoning!

Directed by Montgomery Tully · Written by Richard H. Landau

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