Mjeteconer
Just perfect...
Frances Chung
Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable
Logan
By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.
ThreeGuysOneMovie
Lady in Cage! This is James Caan's first starring role (although not his first picture) and he plays a brutal character that he modeled after Marlon Brando in Streetcar Named Desire.Olivia de Havilland (yes that Olivia de Havilland) is Cornelia Hilyard, a wealthy widow who is recovering from hip surgery. In order to get to the second floor of her house she has an elevator installed. On this particular day Cornelia is taking the lift upstairs when the power goes out and traps her between floors. Fortunately for her she has an emergency button that rings a bell outside the house. Instead of someone coming to rescue her however, the bell lures a bum (Jeff Corey) into the house. He steals some bottles of wine and then walks off with Cornelia's toaster which he takes to a local pawn shop. Randall (James Caan) and his two lackeys Elaine and Essie (Jennifer Billingsley and Rafael Campos) also happen to be at the pawn shop and they decide to follow the bum and see what he is up to. The bum goes to visit Sade (Ann Sothern) a local hustler who he is enamored with. Together the two of them decide to go back to Cornelia's house and rob the place blind.Check out the rest of our review at 3guys1movie.com
jjnxn-1
Thriller has some contrivances but also enough touches of reality to make it unsettling and disturbing. Olivia is effective as she works up to different levels of hysteria at a believable pace rather than going full bore from the beginning. Ann Sothern is a sad blowzy mess managing to engender sympathy for her character even though she does some disreputable things. James Caan is full of menace and an uncomfortable sexuality in his feature film debut, his simpleton comrades are frightening in their careless disregard for humanity. This is economically directed with a minimum of wasted scenes and a talented cast but the theme of home invasion is to real to provide much in the way of escapist entertainment.
Michael Brooks
Spend 94 precious minutes watching a bunch of inane, base characters from the absolute extreme low spectrum of consciousness and humanity go through the motions. Olivia de Havilland must have needed the money to have lowered herself to this level. It's not clever like some of the other thrillers of the period with a distinct lack of imagination and creativity in scripting, and production values that I found lacking in subtlety. I found scant suspense and entertainment value here, just frustration at watching such an inane scenario that therein existed potential unrealised.I want my 94 mins back.
Scars_Remain
I heard this movie would be perfect for a double feature with 1963's The Sadist and that is definitely a true statement. It's definitely effective and chilling and it holds up super well to this day. I think the best part about it is that it moves slowly but keeps the viewers glued in, wondering what exactly will happen next. It's similar to Hitchcock's style so anyone who likes classic thrillers will love it.The story was very well thought out. A woman who's hip is broken gets trapped in her own elevator while a few people attempt to rob her home. The acting is convincing and the characters are frightening. Fans of classics need to check it out!
