Strait-Jacket
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After a 20-year asylum stay for a double ax murder, suspicion arises about Lucy Harbin's behavior as she returns to her daughter Carol, who is engaged to marry Michael Fields. Soon, heads begin to roll again. Is Lucy repeating her past?
Cast
- Joan Crawford
- Diane Baker
- Leif Erickson
- Howard St. John
- John Anthony Hayes
- Rochelle Hudson
- George Kennedy
- Edith Atwater
- Mitchell Cox
- Patricia Krest
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- Oct 28, 2019
There are like four decapitations in this movie and the most shocking moment is when Joan lights a match on a record while it’s playing
Merkin MuffleyApr 13, 2022lucy harbin took an axe gave her husband 40 wacks when she saw what she had done she gave his girlfriend 41
ChristinaJul 22, 2021When you sit down to watch this, you expect to be sidetracked, perhaps even gripped, but not undermined. However, the picture subverts you in a number of subtle and strong ways. It's a horror story, but it frequently collides with sporadically humorous camp, leaving it with…
Dylan - Aug 30, 2017
William Castle was a great and empathetic director of actors. He knew how to manifest truly great performances from them, how to arrange them on their marks, how to film shifts of emotion as they crossed a person's face, how to array these faces in a composition over time.…
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nathaxnne [goodbye <3]Oct 25, 2016Maybe a farm isn't the best place for someone who needs to not think about death or be around axes. I love that the dark humor always punched (or chopped I guess) up: cheatin' husbands, judgey doctors, snobby upper crusties. The movie's sympathy is ultimately with the…
lairdMay 8, 2018Almost subversive in the way that Crawford brings legitimate pathos and audience sympathy for a character who is most certainly insane. It's pretty obvious from the Castle/Bloch pedigree that there's going to be a twist, I almost kind of wish there wasn't -- I love her…
Liz - Mar 4, 2024
"Oh, you and your milk." All-time greatest studio logo gag in film history. I haven't seen every movie ever made but I've seen enough.
Branson ReeseDec 14, 2024In the aftermath of Whatever Happened To Baby Jane film producers and directors started casting former female Hollywood star power to make gruesome faces in their fright movies. Whatever Happened To Baby Jane itself was influenced by Hollywood Boulevard. People call it a…
Yves BouwenOct 7, 2024Day 7: Plot twist had me GAGGED. Joan really put her whole Joanussy into this.
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- Andrikk0s likedStrait-Jacket
🕺Lucy Harbin took an axe, gave her husband 40 whacks. When she saw what she had done, she gave his girlfriend 41 🕺
naethanael likedStrait-JacketLike minus. So histrionic. It’s Joan unhinged but I don’t ever need to see it again
MovieDaddy lovedStrait-JacketPredictable from the start, but it doesn’t detract from great performances and a deep script for it’s time. It’s surprising that this movie doesn’t get mentioned in the annals of all-time great psychological thrillers.
- CvptvinHowdy likedStrait-Jacket
Pretty damn good twist, especially for the 60s. There's no gore, obviously, but you can feel the kills would've been brutal. I can definitely see the resemblance to Psycho too.
Dark Sun likedStrait-JacketDecent thriller with a great cold open and a great finale, despite being super predictable. The middle does drag a little bit too much.
ChungiBoi is "meh" onStrait-JacketNot too shabby, but ultimately a film that I will forget in T-minus 1 day
- Gabs lovedStrait-Jacket
Very enjoyable! The ending was magnificent
Samtaro likedStrait-JacketDid not see the ending coming
Liza likedStrait-JacketGreat Twist!!
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