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Strait-Jacket
After a twenty-year stay at an asylum for a double murder, a mother returns to her estranged daughter where suspicions arise about her behavior.
1964 · Directed by William Castle · 93 min · Thriller · Horror · Drama · 10 frames
Tagline
WARNING! 'Strait-Jacket' vividly depicts ax murders!
Crew
- Screenplay: Robert Bloch
- Cinematography: Arthur E. Arling
- Edited by: Edwin H. Bryant
- Music: Van Alexander
- Production design: Boris Leven
- Produced by: William Castle
Cast
- Joan Crawford as Lucy Harbin
- Diane Baker as Carol Harbin
- Leif Erickson as Bill Cutler
- Howard St. John as Raymond Fields
- John Anthony Hayes as Michael Fields
- Rochelle Hudson as Emily Cutler
- George Kennedy as Leo Krause
- Edith Atwater as Mrs. Fields
- Mitchell Cox as Dr. Anderson
- Lee Majors as Frank Harbin (uncredited)
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: English
- Studios: William Castle Productions, Columbia Pictures
- Themes: parent child relationship, asylum, axe murder, mother daughter reunion, proto-slasher, mother daughter relationship, hagsploitation, ax, psycho-biddy
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